Deja
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Deja is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 25K(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 11K
- ALAlbania1 in 181K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 327 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
13,244 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Deja counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 13,244 | 1 in 25K | 13K | Deja | 327 |
| CN China | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Deja | 5 |
| EG Egypt | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 357K | — | Deja | 17 |
| SI Slovenia | 190 | 1 in 11K | 196 | — | 6 |
| CA Canada | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 225K | 1 | Deja | 53 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 257K | — | Deja | 16 |
| AL Albania | 17 | 1 in 181K | 17 | — | 1 |
13,244 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Deja is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, dance (form of art expressed via harmonious, rhythmic body movements)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, rest (that remaining after cutting textiles)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, oaf (sluggish and clumsy person)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In csb, clumsy, or awkward person
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Slovak, genitive singular of dej
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Lithuanian, unfortunately
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Deja Mušičb. 1962SISlovene singer, radio speaker and TV host
- Deja Kreutzbergb. 1982USAmerican actress
- Dej Loafb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and singer
- Deja Davisb. 1995USAmerican soccer player
- Deja Youngb. 1996USAmerican athletics competitor
- Deja Foxxb. 2000USAmerican human rights activist, Congressional candidate
- Deja MuckSIresearcher
- Deja CrnovićSIresearcher
- Deja JakopinSIresearcher
- Deja PerkinsUSAmerican scientist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 13K | #2,050 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 196 | #1,021 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 190 | #510 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2024 | 188 | #502 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2023 | 187 | #490 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2022 | 186 | #482 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2021 | 184 | #477 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 108 | #2,050 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 54 | — |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 17 | #8,027 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2023 | 8 | — |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — Najpogostejša imena in priimki (population register) | 2020 | 6 | — |
Reference works 6
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Deja a male or female name?
- Deja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Deja have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Deja, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled deja.
- Where is Deja most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Deja is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Deja?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,244 people named Deja in 2020, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Deja?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dejaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Deja”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.