Meaning and history
Deja means “already,” deriving from the French phrase déjà vu, which means “already seen.” The name gained popularity in 1995 after a character named Deja appeared in the film Higher Learning.
20062006: 362 births, rank #758
2007: 433 births, rank #677
2008: 311 births, rank #893
2009: 274 births, rank #969
2010: 185 births, rank #1,287
20112011: 139 births, rank #1,571
2012: 136 births, rank #1,591
2013: 136 births, rank #1,576
2014: 122 births, rank #1,714
2015: 126 births, rank #1,685
20162016: 105 births, rank #1,908
2017: 107 births, rank #1,889
2018: 91 births, rank #2,098
2019: 90 births, rank #2,090
2020: 72 births, rank #2,416
20212021: 80 births, rank #2,286
2022: 83 births, rank #2,253
2023: 73 births, rank #2,442
2024: 58 births, rank #2,857
20252025: 54 births, rank #3,028
Deja moved from #894 to #970 for girls between 2008 and 2009. Its highest annual birth count came in 1996, with 1,638 births.