Deon
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #1,382 for boys in 2025, 133 births
Given to boys 90.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 456 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,318since 1922
Deon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,382 | 133 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,314 | 148 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,328 | 143 |
| 2022 | — | #1,228 | 160 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,140 | 177 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,233 | 152 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #1,182 | 163 |
| 2018 | — | #1,101 | 178 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,164 | 161 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,065 | 185 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,019 | 199 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,024 | 198 | |
| 2013 | — | #936 | 215 | |
| 2012 | — | #989 | 201 | |
| 2011 | — | #981 | 200 | |
| 2010 | — | #878 | 238 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #830 | 262 |
| 2008 | — | #827 | 265 | |
| 2007 | — | #785 | 276 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #847 | 237 |
| 2005 | — | #830 | 225 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #816 | 220 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #722 | 254 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #691 | 263 |
| 2001 | — | #743 | 234 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #607 | 317 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #614 | 296 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #613 | 298 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #577 | 321 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #512 | 397 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #483 | 448 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #472 | 456 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #500 | 415 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #529 | 366 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #549 | 342 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #549 | 334 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #553 | 303 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #605 | 241 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #615 | 217 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #625 | 204 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #559 | 248 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #576 | 217 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #619 | 189 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #599 | 206 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #592 | 209 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #509 | 277 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #569 | 226 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | #518 | 252 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #543 | 234 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #537 | 226 |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | #518 | 240 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | #540 | 220 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 | #519 | 229 |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | #502 | 245 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | #516 | 250 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 | #487 | 279 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | #545 | 207 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #510 | 218 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | #605 | 153 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | #619 | 143 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | #866 | 72 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 | #929 | 67 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | #875 | 73 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #830 | 84 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #1,013 | 59 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | #1,045 | 54 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | #1,420 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
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| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1922
The first year at least five boys were named Deon! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Deon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 68 spots since 2024 (#1,314 → #1,382)
- 149 spots since 2020 (#1,233 → #1,382)
- 363 spots since 2015 (#1,019 → #1,382)
- Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1966 (#866 → #619)
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2001 (#607 → #743)
Rise & fade · boys
72 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1994 at #472 (456 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1962–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,237
- Highest: 1 in 4,237 boys born in 1994 were named Deon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,843 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 24.0% of all boys named Deon (3,673) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1959
- Mostly girls until 1958, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 41 | #2,980 (1929) | #3,852 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,521 (1938) | #2,550 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,692 (1946) | #2,453 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,420 (1958) | #2,267 |
| 1960s | 1,130 | #510 (1968) | #784 |
| 1970s | 2,401 | #487 (1970) | #525 |
| 1980s | 2,311 | #509 (1980) | #585 |
| 1990s | 3,673 | #472 (1994) | #540 |
| 2000s | 2,553 | #607 (2000) | #770 |
| 2010s | 1,938 | #878 (2010) | #1,034 |
| 2020s | 913 | #1,140 (2021) | #1,271 |
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.
Deon in 2017
boys
#1,164
161 births · 1 in 11,497 boys
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 11,497 of them was named Deon, which outranked 91.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Deon
- #1,159Kilian162
- #1,159Ross162
- #1,159Todd162
- #1,164Deon161
- #1,164Archie161
- #1,164Gerard161
- #1,164Jadon161
- #1,170Bastian160
- #1,170Bernard160
- #1,170Clifford160
Tied with 5 names at #1,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.