Deion

Where Deion comes from

The dictionaries list Deion as a given name — a male given name of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #3,305 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Deion Sanders born
    American football and baseball player and football coach
  3. 1974
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1979
    Deion Branch born
    American football player
  5. 1996
    Peak, #410
    566 babies named Deion — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #811.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Deion Sanders · American football and baseball player and football coach, born 1967
  • Deion Branch · American football player, born 1979
  • Deion Jones · American football player, born 1994
  • Deion Hammond · American basketball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.