Deron

Where Deron comes from

Deron 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. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,942 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Peak, #465
    270 babies named Deron — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #746.
  4. 1976
    Deron Quint born
    American ice hockey player
  5. 1984
    Deron Williams born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Deron Williams · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Deron Quint · American ice hockey player, born 1976
  • Deron Washington · American basketball player, born 1985
  • DeRon Hayes · French basketball player, played collegiately for Penn State Nittany Lions, born 1970
  • Deron Johnson · American baseball player and coach, 1938–1992

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.