Dejan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dejan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dejan: Recorded since 1969, it reached #284 in 1972, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1999	#1850
2000	#2142
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2011	#4647
2013	#4685
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 23 of the 29 years from 1969 to 1997.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #508 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1969–1997
Highest recorded position: #284 among boys in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1969–1997).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dejan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 177 births with the name.

Dejan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dejan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1850 (1999)	#5119 (2024)	14 of 29	53 (1996–2024)	6 (1999)
Norway · Boys	#508 (1969)	#284 (1972)	#560 (1997)	23 of 29	177 (1969–1997)	16 (1972)

Dejan by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dejan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	93	10 of 10	9
1980s	65	9 of 10	7
1990s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Dejan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Norway in 1972.

Dejan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#560	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#579	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#342	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#436	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#435	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#495	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#379	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#440	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#598	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#441	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#419	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#403	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#284	16	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#378	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#449	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Delaney · #1617, 29y
Delara · #1819, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kato · #282, 35y
Katherina · #288, 34y
Ruta · #280, 37y
Linas · #289, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Celia · #284, 46y
Jeanne · #284, 47y
Lavinia · #284, 49y
Letitia · #284, 37y

Dejan was ranked #284 in Norway · Boys in 1972. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dejan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dejan without appearing here.

Dejan moved ahead of

Joakim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Dejan

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #1168.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Arne Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #4023.
Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Dejan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Dejan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dejan went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Norway in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dejan

Dejan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dejan across 2 official records

Dejan by decade in Norway · Boys

Dejan appears in

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Dejan at a glance

Dejan across 2 official records

Dejan by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dejan

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Dejan moved ahead of

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