Daeja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-zhuh
- Origin
- Modern
Daeja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Daeja come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a respelling of Deja
Is Daeja a girl's or a boy's name?
Daeja is a girls' name.
How popular is Daeja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Daeja in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daeja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
Names like Daeja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla Emma Kayla Skyla Gianna Dayana Ava Dakota Jada Isabella Hana Dariana
Names related to Daeja
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daeja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daeja, updated 20 October 2026.