Deja

A girls’ name of French origin, meaning already seen, from déjà vu.

Babies a year
105
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Deja by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Deja. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,638 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Denajudged; a form of Dinah or Dean42 in the US (2017)
  • Deagoddess13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Devadivine being, god or goddess7 in the US (2017)
  • Dejah20 in the US (2017)
  • Dema17 in the US (2017)
  • Daja12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deja

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

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