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Dj vs Djuan

American parents have registered 1,528 Djuans since 1880, against 870 Djs. But in 2025 it was Dj that was commoner, 18 babies to 8.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Dj against Djuan, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Dj Djuan

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 64 years in which either name was published, Djuan for 48 years and Dj for 16 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Dj Djuan
Total US births 8701,528
Most in one year 3353
Babies in 2025 188
Estimated living today 8501,500
Median age today 2232
Peak year 20221990
Best rank 3,995th boys1,564th boys
Rank in 2025 5,208th8,910th
First recorded 19641960
Girls / boys 13 / 8577 / 1,521

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Djuans alive today are over 32; half the Djs are over 22. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dj and Djuan.