Dejay
Boy · DEE-jay · Modern
Dejay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dejay mean?
Modern: spelling of Deejay, itself a spelling of the initials D.J.
A spelling of the initials D.J., which also match the abbreviation for disc jockey.
- Say it
- DEE-jay
Meaning borrowed from Deejay.
Is Dejay a girl's or a boy's name?
Dejay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dejay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dejay, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Dejay in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dejay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Dejay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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