Deon Boy
How popular is Deon?
#1,382 boy name in 2025
133 baby boys were named Deon in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular boy name.
Deon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,382 for boys (▼ 68 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 133 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,019 in 2015, #1,233 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (456 boys) |
| Highest rank | #472 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Deon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Deon family of names ranked #964 for boys in 2025 (#951 the year before), with 209 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Deon | 133 | 64% |
| Deen | 76 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Deon is most popular
Babies named Deon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
Deon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 41 | #2,978 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,521 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,691 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,419 |
| 1960s | 1,130 | #510 |
| 1970s | 2,401 | #487 |
| 1980s | 2,311 | #509 |
| 1990s | 3,673 | #472 |
| 2000s | 2,553 | #607 |
| 2010s | 1,938 | #878 |
| 2020s | 913 | #1,140 |
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Questions
- Is Deon a boy or girl name?
- Deon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Deon were boys.
- How popular is the name Deon?
- 133 baby boys were named Deon in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular boy name.
- When was Deon most popular?
- Deon peaked in 1994, when 456 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #472 in 1994.
- How many people are named Deon?
- 16,988 babies have been named Deon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,706 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Deon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Deon was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.