How rare is the name Deron?

4,493 people in the United States have the first name Deron, about 1 in 67,223. It ranks #4,233 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DERON

#4,233

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,493
About
1 in 67,223
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,493 people named Deron, 53.3% reported their origin as Black, 35.9% as White and 3.8% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deron peaked in 1966, when 270 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
1966
Births that year
270
In 2025*
8 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,744 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Deron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,545. The largest share of babies named Deron, 40.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1950s#9,05536
1960s#1,5451,339
1970s#1,8161,146
1980s#2,222967
1990s#2,797936
2000s#4,220718
2010s#5,824478
2020s#10,075124
Baby boom 1946–644.9%
Generation X 1965–8040.1%
Millennials 1981–9628.6%
Generation Z 1997–1219.6%
2013 and later6.8%

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 Deron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deron has been most common in Missouri (3.2×), Ohio (2.8×), and Kentucky (2.3×), and least common in North Carolina (0.41×).

3,045 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 Deron

1 other first name also has 4,493 people.

#4,233 Jaylan · 4,493

Either side of Deron

#4,230 Codi · 4,496#4,232 Geralyn · 4,494#4,233 Jaylan · 4,493#4,235 Leslee · 4,492

Spelled almost the same

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

#10,628 Derron · 1,242#11,331 Dereon · 1,138#12,842 Derin · 955#13,752 Derion · 871#24,098 Deren · 402#26,490 Deryn · 351#35,030 Deran · 231#50,487 Derone · 119

Also a last name

As a last name, Deron ranks #125,089 of 156,621, with 144 people. See Deron as a last name

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