Deron

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #7,691 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1966 · 270 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,709
since 1956

Deron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deron has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #465, 1966boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#4,70121
2023#4,61022
2022#4,30324
2021#5,11018
2020#3,49731
2019#4,00326
2018#3,60730
2017#3,12337
2016#3,44132
2015#3,68429
2014#2,75443
2013#2,02167
2012#1,92374
2011#1,92772
2010#2,01068
2009#1,63896
2008#1,543104
2007#1,95172
2006#1,80876
2005#1,72577
2004#2,31649
2003#2,18050
2002#1,86960
2001#1,71067
2000#1,69967
1999#1,82454
1998#1,62264
1997#1,43875
1996#1,32182
1995#1,33877
1994#1,28183
1993#1,023116
1992#967124
1991#967121
1990#864140
1989#878131
1988#7,6919#844127
1987#11,3255#787137
1986#880106
1985#10,6775#93495
1984#96085
1983#1,02275
1982#1,22957
1981#1,09569
1980#1,11166
1979#1,03473
1978#1,02772
1977#97577
1976#88389
1975#7,9846#758121
1974#700137
1973#616164
1972#746113
1971#8,3245#692143
1970#685146
1969#630157
1968#555185
1967#6,8045#515212
1966#465270
1965#479263
1964#684127
1963#1,54826
1962#1,54626
1961#1,13648
1960#1,81220
1959#1,97417
1958#2,17714
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Deron! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Deron
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,209 spots since 2024 (#4,701#8,910)
  • 5,413 spots since 2020 (#3,497#8,910)
  • 5,226 spots since 2015 (#3,684#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 864 spots in 1964 (#1,548#684)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1976 (#758#883)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1966 at #465 (270 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1964–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,605
  • Highest: 1 in 6,605 boys born in 1966 were named Deron (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Deron (1,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s36#1,974 (1959)#2,698
1960s1,334#465 (1966)#937
1970s1,135#616 (1973)#812
1980s948#787 (1987)#974
1990s936#864 (1990)#1,265
2000s718#1,543 (2008)#1,844
2010s478#1,923 (2012)#2,849
2020s124#3,497 (2020)#5,189

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.

Deron in 1979

boys
#1,034
73 births · 1 in 23,583 boys

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #1,034Deron73
More about 1979

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 23,583 of them was named Deron, which outranked 85.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deron
  1. #1,028Heather74
  2. #1,028Norberto74
  3. #1,028Taurus74
  4. #1,034Deron73
  5. #1,034Armand73
  6. #1,034Hal73
  7. #1,034Lemuel73
  8. #1,040Anderson72
  9. #1,040Carmine72
  10. #1,040Reyes72

Tied with 5 names at #1,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979