How Many People Are Named Denaja?
An estimated 144 people in the United States have the first name Denaja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Denaja peaked in popularity in 1999 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Denaja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Denaja paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
144
About 1 in 2,380,238 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1999
15 births
Total Registered
147
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Denaja
Denaja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 147 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Denaja as a female name
Ranked #12,469 in 2011
8 female births in 2011
Peak: 1999 (15 births)
Denaja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Denaja span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 80 babies were registered. Denaja has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Denaja by Decade
How has Denaja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Denaja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Denaja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Denaja
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Denaja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Denaja?
We estimate approximately 144 people named Denaja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,380,238 Americans share this first name.
Is Denaja a common name?
Denaja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 147 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Denaja most popular?
Denaja reached peak popularity in 1999, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Denaja is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Denaja a female name?
Denaja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Denaja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Denaja Smith, Denaja Johnson, Denaja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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