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Deion

#1,744 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Dion

Deion has been given to 6,166 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #1,744 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 566 recorded.

Babies named Deion, 2025

1 in 35,600

Deion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deion: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Dion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deion means

Deion is a variant of Dion.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Deion → Dion. The family’s meaning is “of Zeus”, recorded in the naming reference for Dion.

Origin, language, and formation

Deion is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dion.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,043 boys were recorded with the name Deion between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 566 in 1996; its best national rank was #411 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,604 in 2020 to #1,744 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,397 in 2015 to #1,744 in 2025.

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Deion between 1955 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1996; its best national rank was #5,419 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Deion?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 35,600
93 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,744
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,710 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deion sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,710 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deion was born before 2000 — so the typical Deion is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,043
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (2,695).

Is Deion rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−133
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−140
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−347
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.76×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.4%
Peak was 1996 (566)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#411
1995

Spellings of Deion

Deion is not the most common spelling — Dean is, with 15.9% against Deion's 0.50%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Deion is used

Across 2016–2025, Deion was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 20,221 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 8,333
  2. 2Georgia1 in 8,333
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 12,500
  4. 4Texas1 in 12,500
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 20,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 25,000
  7. 7New York1 in 25,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Deion around the world

Where Deion ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2010–2010
    #720
    in 2010
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1992–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Deion

People whose public names include Deion, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Deion in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Deion. Linked forms have their own page here.

DeonDionDeeon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Deion by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,744
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 140
Best rank ever
#411
1995
Peak year
1996
566 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,043
Count in 2025
93

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,419
1961
Peak year
1996
16 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
123
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deion

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KeionBrionAvionJavionDarionSavionArionOrionZavionTavionZyionDavionXavionDamionAmarionDarrionDionOmarionDevionJayvionDillionTrevionRionKavion

Names with a curve like Deion

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Deion, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JaleelAustenAustynJavonteDakotahDaquanMontanaDevontaeDeondreKahlilTaranTyreek

Sibling names for Deion

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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