How rare is the name Deion?

4,498 people in the United States have the first name Deion, about 1 in 67,148. It ranks #4,228 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DEION

#4,228

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,498
About
1 in 67,148
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,498 people named Deion, 66.3% reported their origin as Black, 10.7% as two or more races and 10% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deion peaked in 1996, when 582 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
582
In 2025*
93 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,166 babies have been given the name since 1955. 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.

Deion by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,386. The largest share of babies named Deion, 38.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#8,30761
1970s#9,19783
1980s#7,716149
1990s#1,3862,753
2000s#2,7641,303
2010s#3,1631,190
2020s#3,484622
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–9635.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.9%
2013 and later23.3%

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 Deion is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deion has been most common in Florida (4.1×), Georgia (3.6×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.47×).

3,977 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.

Exactly as common as Deion

1 other first name also has 4,498 people.

#4,228 Chyna · 4,498

Either side of Deion

#4,227 Garett · 4,501#4,228 Chyna · 4,498#4,230 Amador · 4,496#4,230 Codi · 4,496

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deion, most common first.

#2,096 Deon · 12,858#19,413 Deyon · 545#27,468 Dewon · 333#53,270 Deiona · 101

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