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Dejon

#5,437 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Dejon has been given to 2,683 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #5,437 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 123 recorded.

Babies named Dejon, 2025

1 in 195,000

Dejon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dejon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dejon means

Dejon is a given name.

The naming story behind Dejon

Wikidata records Dejon as a given name. The entity identifier is Q121422434, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,606 boys were recorded with the name Dejon between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 123 in 1992; its best national rank was #972 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,736 in 2020 to #5,437 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,906 in 2015 to #5,437 in 2025.

In the United States, 77 girls were recorded with the name Dejon between 1970 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1994; its best national rank was #7,594 in 1971.

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.

How common is Dejon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,437
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dejon 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dejon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dejons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dejon was born before 1998 — so the typical Dejon is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
41.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,606
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 41.1% of all recorded uses (1,071).

Is Dejon 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
−848
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−701
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,531
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.8%
Peak was 1992 (123)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#972
1992

Spellings of Dejon

Dejon is not the most common spelling — Dean is, with 15.5% against Dejon's 0.21%.

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 Dejon is used

Across 1910–2025, Dejon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 92,573 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 33,333
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 50,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 100,000
  6. 6New York1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 100,000

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. Dejon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dejon around the world

Where Dejon 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
    1998–2009
    #3,227
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Dejon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,437
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 701
Best rank ever
#972
1992
Peak year
1992
123 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,606
Count in 2025
17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,594
1971
Peak year
1994
8 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1999
All-time count
77
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dejon

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

DejuanDajonDijonRajonDejaunDejourDejayDaijonDejanLejonDejohnDejeanTajonTaejonTyjonTejonDaejonTrejonDejionDejaBijonShjonTaijonRayjon

Names with a curve like Dejon

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

DemonteMarquelTaylerDeanteDakotahDarrianTyreJihadTyquanJajuanDeontaeNajee

Sibling names for Dejon

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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