girls:
182 births since 1924
#5534 (3rd percentile)
boys:
110 births since 1968
#4476 (2nd percentile)
overall:
292 births since 1924
#7447 (4th percentile)
The name Deone is the #7,447 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 292 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,534 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 182 births since 1924. For boys, it ranks #4,476 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 110 births since 1968.
Deone first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Deone is available in 38 out of the 82 years between 1924 and 2005 (26 years for girls and 18 years for boys). 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 Deone has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.3% of all recorded births). In 2005, 0.0% of babies named Deone were girls. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (86.7% girls from 1924 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.6% boys from 1976 to 2005).
For girls, Deone reached its peak popularity in 1953, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #687) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1953, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1980.
For boys, Deone reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Deone".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Deone. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Deone is pronounced as dee-OHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-ohn, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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