Dejaun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-JAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Dejaun is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Dejaun come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a respelling of Dejuan
Is Dejaun a girl's or a boy's name?
Dejaun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dejaun in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 boys.
Dejaun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Dejaun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Dejaun, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1995, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more boys named Dejaun than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Dejaun in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dejaun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Dejaun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dylan, Jayden, Vivaan, Aj, Arjun, Aryan, Ryan, Rohan, Dhruv, Ethan, Declan, Ravi
Names related to Dejaun
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Dejaun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dejaun, updated 20 October 2026.