girls:
1.7k births since 1913
#4092 (28th percentile)
boys:
15k births since 1922
#953 (79th percentile)
overall:
16.7k births since 1913
#1998 (74th percentile)
The name Deon is the #1,998 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,702 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 74.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #953 (79.2% percentile) for all time with 15,032 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #4,092 (28.4% percentile) for all time with 1,670 births since 1913.
Deon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Deon is available in 109 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (101 years for boys and 93 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Deon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.0% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1961, the name was more popular for girls (59.5% girls from 1913 to 1960), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (93.6% boys from 1961 to 2023).
For boys, Deon reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 44.8% percentile (ranked #442) with 223 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 224 births per million (ranked 44.4% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Deon ranks #773 for boys (15.2% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Deon reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #724) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Deon ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 10.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Deon".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Deon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.9% confident that Deon is pronounced as DEE-ahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-uhn, at 25.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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