Dajah
Feminine
Dajah is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 2,013 girls against 7 boys since 1880.
The h on the end of this name is silent and is not there for any sound. It is there to be looked at: a final h on a name of this shape signals Hebrew or Arabic to an English reader, and the signal works whether or not the name has any connection to either.
How old is the name Dajah?
Dajah first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Dajah alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 2,000 people named Dajah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dajah most popular?
Dajah peaked in 1999, reaching #1099 nationally. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Daja to Dajah
The story of Dajah
That is worth saying without softening it. Names of this shape are routinely given elaborate translations on name sites — an Arabic gloss, a Hebrew one, occasionally a Swahili one — and the translations are produced by finding a real word that looks similar and asserting a connection. There is no connection. The name was assembled from a prefix that carries no sense and an ending chosen for how it looks, and the borrowed final h is the clearest evidence of that: a genuine Hebrew or Arabic name would have the letter for a reason. This one has it for the appearance, which is not a criticism of the name but is the truth about it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source can be established. The name is built from a productive prefix and a single syllable, and the ending is decorative. Any meaning offered on any page for this name has been invented outright.
How the name formed
- Daja
- Dajah
Pronouncing Dajah
DAY-juh
Two syllables with the stress at the front. Some families say DAH-zhuh, giving the j its French value, and the spelling supports both.
Nicknames for Dajah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 1999181 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1099reached in 1999
- Change vs 2020
- −37.5%5 in 2023, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dajahs among us
people named Dajah are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dajah sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, brisk and easy to say once the reading is fixed.
- The spelling is distinctive without containing anything difficult.
- It is genuinely rare in any classroom.
- The pronunciation is not settled and strangers will guess.
- There is no meaning, and pages offering one have invented it.
- The spelling is recorded for a few boys, but nearly every child with it is a girl.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dajahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Dajah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dajah in 2025?
- Dajah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Dajah with classmates?
- Dajah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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