Deor

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Deor has been given to 34 babies in the U.S. since 2020. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2022, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Deor, 2023

1 in 552,000

Deor over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2023, Deor went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

20202023

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.

Deor: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deor means

Deor is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Deor is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Deor is pronounced /de͜oːr/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 boys were recorded with the name Deor between 2020 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2022; its best national rank was #10,057 in 2022.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Deor between 2020 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2020; its best national rank was #15,723 in 2020.

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.

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How common is Deor?

Deor had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 552,000; 6 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 382,940 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Deor 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 2023 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 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deor was born before 2022 — so the typical Deor is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Deor 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2022 (7)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,057; 2022

Spellings of Deor

Deor is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 25.7% against Deor's <0.01%.

Leo25.7%259,988
Dean19.1%192,930
Leon18.0%182,638
Don16.6%167,632
Devon7.2%72,673
Dion1.9%18,914
Deon1.5%15,318
Keon0.90%9,123

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.

Deor by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,057; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 7 that year
First recorded: 2020
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,723; 2020
Peak year: 2020; 5 that year
First recorded: 2020
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Deor

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

Deotis Deo Deonne Deone Leeor Deontea Deonate Leor Deontai Deonna Deonis Deontrez Deondrey Deovion Deontee Deoveon Deontez Deontia Deondric Deontra Deondrea Shneor Deontrey Deontre

Sibling names for Deor

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

For a sister

Ezra Sapphire Scout Keilani Amayah Shoshana Nila Everlee

For a brother

Kenji Loyal Avi Rayden Kashton Zeke Gian Rishi

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