How rare is the name Deon?

12,858 people in the United States have the first name Deon, about 1 in 23,490. It ranks #2,096 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEON

#2,096

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,858
About
1 in 23,490
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,858 people named Deon, 73.5% reported their origin as Black, 12.6% as White and 6.4% as two or more races. 88.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deon peaked in 1994, when 471 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
471
In 2025*
133 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,988 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Deon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,082. The largest share of babies named Deon, 29.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,53239
1920s#5,052109
1930s#2,651261
1940s#3,184223
1950s#2,668411
1960s#1,4841,417
1970s#1,0822,779
1980s#1,2592,487
1990s#1,1343,799
2000s#1,6962,600
2010s#2,2481,945
2020s#2,670918
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–452.4%
Baby boom 1946–645.6%
Generation X 1965–8023.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1224.7%
2013 and later13.1%

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 Deon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deon has been most common in District of Columbia (4.8×), Michigan (2.3×), and Maryland (2.1×), and least common in Arizona (0.24×).

12,354 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 Deon

#2,094 Carmelo · 12,863#2,094 Mitch · 12,863#2,097 Colten · 12,819#2,098 Gisela · 12,810

Spelled almost the same

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

#427 Dean · 132,116#4,228 Deion · 4,498#12,568 Deona · 987#13,961 Deen · 853#15,735 Den · 727#19,413 Deyon · 545#25,575 Deone · 370#27,468 Dewon · 333

Also a last name

As a last name, Deon ranks #31,582 of 156,621, with 785 people. See Deon as a last name

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