Deyon

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Deyon has been given to 549 babies in the U.S. since 1969. 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 1996, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Deyon, 2024

1 in 478,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deyon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deyon means

Deyon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Deyon is used in Walloon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Deyon is pronounced /dɛ.ˈjɔ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 538 boys were recorded with the name Deyon between 1969 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1996; its best national rank was #2,944 in 1996.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Deyon between 1969 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,755 in 1969.

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 Deyon?

Deyon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 246,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Deyon 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 2024 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deyon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deyons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deyon was born before 2002 — so the typical Deyon is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 30.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 56.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 538; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 30.1% of all recorded uses (162).

Is Deyon 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 1996 (25)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,944; 1996

Spellings of Deyon

Deyon is not the most common spelling — Dean is, with 16.2% against Deyon's 0.05%.

Dean16.2%192,930
Leon15.4%182,638
Don14.1%167,632
Devin13.1%156,250
Devon6.1%72,673
Damon5.8%68,841
Peyton4.4%52,383
Dion1.6%18,914

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.

Deyon around the world

Where Deyon 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.

South Australia
2007–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Deyon 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: #2,944; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 25 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 538
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,755; 1969
Peak year: 2007; 6 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Deyon

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

Rayon Kiyon Deyvi Elyon Dayon Kayon Ziyon Jayon Zayon Deylan Syon Tyon Breyon Aryon Avyon Kyon Seyon Siyon Ariyon Lyon Zhyon Tayon Deyton Deyren

Sibling names for Deyon

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

Iman Breann Cinthia Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Hernan Samual Tristin Rashawn Travon Triston

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