Daja

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daja by the numbers

Daja was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 241 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Daja

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • DanaGod is my judge308 in the US (2017)
  • Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dejaalready seen, from déjà vu105 in the US (2017)
  • Dayacompassion; kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daija20 in the US (2017)
  • Dajah13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Daja

Names that are said the same way as Daja, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Daja

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