Deon

Where Deon comes from

Deon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #4,307 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    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.
  3. 1968
    Deon Hemmings born
    Jamaïcan 400 metres hurdler
  4. 1987
    Deon McCaulay born
    Belizean footballer
  5. 1994
    Peak, #472
    456 babies named Deon — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #816.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Deon Hemmings · Jamaïcan 400 metres hurdler, born 1968
  • Deon McCaulay · Belizean footballer, born 1987
  • Deon Burton · association football player, born 1976
  • Deon Meyer · South African crime and thriller author, born 1958
  • Deon Kavendji · Namibian footballer, born 1991

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.