Dejanay
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-juh-NAY
- Origin
- Modern
Dejanay is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Dejanay come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Dejanae
Is Dejanay a girl's or a boy's name?
Dejanay is a girls' name.
How popular is Dejanay in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Dejanay in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dejanay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
Names like Dejanay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhara Armani Radhika Ashanti Avani Anika Dayani Priya Avaya Amya Nyava Dhriti
Names related to Dejanay
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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, “Dejanay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dejanay, updated 20 October 2026.