Daja
Girl · DAY-zha · Modern
Daja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Daja mean?
Modern: variant of Deja, from French deja
Usually seen as a form of Deja, from the French word déjà, 'already', as in déjà vu.
- Say it
- DAY-zha
Is Daja a girl's or a boy's name?
Daja is a girls' name.
How popular is Daja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Daja in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 114 | #1,623 |
| 2001 | 123 | #1,515 |
| 2000 | 170 | #1,174 |
| 1999 | 183 | #1,086 |
| 1998 | 191 | #1,035 |
| 1997 | 191 | #1,007 |
| 1996 | 241 | #831 |
| 1995 | 195 | #964 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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