Is Dejah a boy or girl name?

Dejah is a girl’s name. Of the 3,181 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

Dejah

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Dejah was most popular in 1999, when 341 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,232 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,181 people named Dejah.

Dejah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dejah’s peak in 1999. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dejah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dejah is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 3,181 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Dejah

Where Dejah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org