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Deron

#9,113 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deron has been given to 5,744 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #9,113 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1966, with 270 recorded.

Babies named Deron, 2025

1 in 414,000

Deron over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deron: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deron means

Deron is a given name.

The naming story behind Deron

Wikidata records Deron as a given name. The entity identifier is Q28927465, 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, 5,709 boys were recorded with the name Deron between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 270 in 1966; its best national rank was #465 in 1966.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,507 in 2020 to #9,113 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,713 in 2015 to #9,113 in 2025.

In the United States, 35 girls were recorded with the name Deron between 1967 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1988; its best national rank was #7,036 in 1967.

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 Deron?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,113
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deron 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Derons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deron was born before 1984 — so the typical Deron is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
23.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
21.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,709
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 23.4% of all recorded uses (1,334).

Is Deron 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
−4,375
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,606
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,400
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.0%
Peak was 1966 (270)
Years since peak
59
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#465
1966

Spellings of Deron

Deron is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 22.9% against Deron'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 Deron is used

Across 1910–2025, Deron was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 44,827 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 16,667
  2. 2Ohio1 in 20,000
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 25,000
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Illinois1 in 33,333
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  7. 7Florida1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

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

Deron around the world

Where Deron 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
    2002–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2012
    #2,411
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2007–2007
    #680
    in 2007

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

Notable people named Deron

People whose public names include Deron, 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.

Deron by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,113
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,606
Best rank ever
#465
1966
Peak year
1966
270 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,709
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,036
1967
Peak year
1988
9 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
1988
All-time count
35
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deron

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

DerronDerikDericDereckDerwinLaronDerrekBaronKyronDerrellDaronTyronArronKaronDerinJaronTaronDerickBarronDerianDarronFaronJeronKamron

Names with a curve like Deron

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

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Sibling names for Deron

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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