Deja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-zha
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Deja is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “already”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
What does Deja mean?
French: French word, via the phrase déjà vu
“already”
Taken from French déjà, 'already', familiar from the phrase déjà vu, 'already seen'.
Is Deja a girl's or a boy's name?
Deja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Deja, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Deja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Deja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Deja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,028th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Deja, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,638 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Deja than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Deja in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were given Deja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,009, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
Deja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | 91 | #2,098 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 126 | #1,685 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,591 |
| 2011 | 139 | #1,571 |
| 2010 | 185 | #1,287 |
| 2009 | 274 | #969 |
| 2008 | 311 | #893 |
| 2007 | 433 | #677 |
| 2006 | 362 | #758 |
| 2005 | 358 | #749 |
| 2004 | 474 | #592 |
| 2003 | 565 | #507 |
| 2002 | 687 | #424 |
| 2001 | 853 | #350 |
| 2000 | 921 | #336 |
| 1999 | 1,157 | #271 |
| 1998 | 1,244 | #245 |
| 1997 | 1,391 | #216 |
| 1996 | 1,638 | #182 |
| 1995 | 1,420 | #205 |
| 1994 | 245 | #823 |
| 1993 | 298 | #714 |
| 1992 | 285 | #741 |
| 1991 | 315 | #679 |
| 1990 | 278 | #745 |
| 1989 | 235 | #808 |
| 1988 | 286 | #675 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,147 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,704 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Deja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hana, Anya, Prisha, Isha, Aisha, Maya, Krisha, Dhyana, Priya, Anaya, Kridha, Ayla
Other spellings of Deja
Names related to Deja
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Deja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deja, updated 20 October 2026.