Deion
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 566 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,043since 1962
Deion over time
Rank among boys' names. Deion has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,743 | 93 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,608 | 106 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,650 | 104 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,695 | 101 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,514 | 117 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,600 | 101 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,678 | 95 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,553 | 108 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,499 | 112 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,443 | 120 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,396 | 123 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,334 | 130 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,433 | 115 |
| 2012 | — | #1,285 | 136 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,344 | 126 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,481 | 110 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,443 | 116 |
| 2008 | — | #1,031 | 184 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,488 | 107 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,379 | 116 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,282 | 120 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,404 | 101 |
| 2003 | — | #1,141 | 132 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,107 | 132 |
| 2001 | — | #1,316 | 99 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #893 | 175 |
| 1999 | — | #754 | 212 | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #811 | 186 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #590 | 303 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #410 | 566 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #411 | 558 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #579 | 318 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #663 | 241 |
| 1992 | — | #748 | 190 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,452 | 61 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,452 | 60 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Deion! It came in at #3,305, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Deion is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#771 · 1 in 7,368
- Georgia#788 · 1 in 6,635
- Florida#867 · 1 in 8,250
- Pennsylvania#919 · 1 in 10,631
- California#1,071 · 1 in 14,951
Best ever in a state: #168 in Hawaii, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #771 | 5 | 1 in 7,368 |
| Georgia | #788 | 9 | 1 in 6,635 |
| Florida | #867 | 12 | 1 in 8,250 |
| Pennsylvania | #919 | 6 | 1 in 10,631 |
| California | #1,071 | 17 | 1 in 14,951 |
| Texas | #1,404 | 9 | 1 in 20,124 |
| New York | #1,502 | 6 | 1 in 18,046 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Deion
- 135 spots since 2024 (#1,608 → #1,743)
- 143 spots since 2020 (#1,600 → #1,743)
- 347 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #1,743)
- Biggest jump: 704 spots in 1992 (#1,452 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 423 spots in 2001 (#893 → #1,316)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1996 at #410 (566 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1992–2000
- Highest: 1 in 3,347 boys born in 1996 were named Deion (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.6% of all boys named Deion (2,695) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48 | #2,854 (1964) | #3,444 |
| 1970s | 72 | #2,946 (1974) | #4,095 |
| 1980s | 149 | #1,294 (1989) | #4,455 |
| 1990s | 2,695 | #410 (1996) | #787 |
| 2000s | 1,282 | #893 (2000) | #1,248 |
| 2010s | 1,175 | #1,285 (2012) | #1,445 |
| 2020s | 622 | #1,514 (2021) | #1,635 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Deion in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 16,644 of them was named Deion, which outranked 90.4% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,272Zeke122
- #1,280Nikko121
- #1,280Paulo121
- #1,282Deion120
- #1,282Blayne120
- #1,282Cian120
- #1,282Kalen120
- #1,289Alek119
- #1,289Coleton119
- #1,289Daveon119
Tied with 6 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.