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Deon

#1,383 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Dion

Deon has been given to 16,988 babies in the U.S. since 1922. In 2025 it ranked #1,383 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 456 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Deon, 2025

1 in 24,900

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Deon over time

In 2025, Deon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Deon: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Dion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deon means

Deon is a variant of Dion.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dion.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15,318 boys were recorded with the name Deon between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 456 in 1994; its best national rank was #473 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,233 in 2020 to #1,383 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,020 in 2015 to #1,383 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,670 girls were recorded with the name Deon between 1913 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1971; its best national rank was #1,481 in 1933.

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 Deon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,900
133 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,383
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
17,279 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deon 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,279 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deon was born before 1993 — so the typical Deon is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
24.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
15,067
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1990s — 24.0% of all recorded uses (3,673).

Is Deon 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
−69
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−150
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−363
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
29.2%
Peak was 1994 (456)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#473
1994

Spellings of Deon

Deon is not the most common spelling — Sean is, with 16.8% against Deon's 0.61%.

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 Deon is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Deon was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 4,762 boys, against 1 in 11,385 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

121 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 4,762
  2. 2Georgia1 in 5,556
  3. 3Florida1 in 5,882
  4. 4Michigan1 in 5,882
  5. 5Missouri1 in 7,692
  6. 6Illinois1 in 8,333
  7. 7Ohio1 in 9,091
  8. 8Mississippi1 in 10,000

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.

Where Deon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Deon was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 221,009 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 14,286
  2. 2Idaho1 in 50,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Deon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Deon around the world

Where Deon 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
    1996–2025
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2014
    #680
    in 2014
  • Northern Ireland
    2002–2013
    #398
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2007–2023
    #770
    in 2023
  • France
    2010–2025
    #6,448
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Deon

People whose public names include Deon, 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.

Deon in other languages

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

DeionDeeon

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

Deon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,383
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 150
Best rank ever
#473
1994
Peak year
1994
456 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
15,318
Count in 2025
133

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,481
1933
Peak year
1971
50 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
1,670
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deon

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

KeonDeonteGideonSimeonDeontaDeondreJayceonCleonDeontaeLeonBreonDameonDaveonDeoDeontayNapoleonJaveonDeontreTeonJaceonAveonDeleonReonTheon

Names with a curve like Deon

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

EfrainShayneStefanHumbertoTyronHeribertoMarkusRicoRigobertoDemetriusJosefJade

Sibling names for Deon

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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