How rare is the name Deacon?

7,805 people in the United States have the first name Deacon, about 1 in 38,697. It ranks #2,917 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEACON

#2,917

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,805
About
1 in 38,697
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,805 people named Deacon, 82% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as two or more races and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deacon peaked in 2014, when 734 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
734
In 2025*
529 ▼28%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,570 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Deacon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,064. The largest share of babies named Deacon, 67.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#7,961107
1980s#10,93387
1990s#10,262142
2000s#1,8402,345
2010s#1,0675,506
2020s#1,0643,383
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–1230%
2013 and later67.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deacon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deacon has been most common in Utah (2.4×), Tennessee (2.1×), and Indiana (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.12×).

10,208 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Deacon

#2,915 Katelin · 7,807#2,916 Garth · 7,806#2,918 Maxim · 7,803#2,919 Linnea · 7,792

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deacon, most common first.

#25,229 Deakon · 377

Also a last name

As a last name, Deacon ranks #9,388 of 156,621, with 3,324 people. See Deacon as a last name

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