Deacon Boy
How popular is Deacon?
#561 boy name in 2025
529 baby boys were named Deacon in the US in 2025, making it the 561st most popular boy name.
Deacon popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #561 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 529 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #453 in 2015, #516 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (734 boys) |
| Highest rank | #420 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Deacon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Deacon family of names ranked #527 for boys in 2025 (#513 the year before), with 560 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Deacon | 529 | 94% |
| Deakon | 15 | 3% |
| Deaken | 8 | 1% |
| Deacan | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Deacon is most popular
Babies named Deacon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.3 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.9 per 1,000 (166 boys)
- Iowa: 0.8 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.8 per 1,000 (76 boys)
Deacon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 107 | #2,463 |
| 1980s | 87 | #3,028 |
| 1990s | 142 | #2,060 |
| 2000s | 2,345 | #629 |
| 2010s | 5,506 | #420 |
| 2020s | 3,383 | #475 |
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Questions
- Is Deacon a boy or girl name?
- Deacon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Deacon were boys.
- How popular is the name Deacon?
- 529 baby boys were named Deacon in the US in 2025, making it the 561st most popular boy name.
- When was Deacon most popular?
- Deacon peaked in 2014, when 734 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #420 in 2014.
- How many people are named Deacon?
- 11,570 babies have been named Deacon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,470 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Deacon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Deacon was most common in West Virginia, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.