Deacon
Rank in 2025
#561
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
529
boys 529
Peak year
2014
734 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
11,570
since 1971
Born a Deacon? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Deacon was most popular in 2014, when 734 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.38 per 1,000). In 2025, 529 babies were named Deacon, ranking #561 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 529 | 561 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 540 | 552 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 555 | 533 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 573 | 517 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 631 | 475 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 555 | 516 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 562 | 509 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 605 | 485 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 581 | 499 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 651 | 469 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 669 | 453 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 734 | 420 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 656 | 438 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 354 | 667 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 358 | 655 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 336 | 693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 353 | 686 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 380 | 644 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 386 | 629 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 325 | 690 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 240 | 801 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 192 | 899 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 127 | 1173 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 142 | 1064 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 126 | 1118 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 74 | 1585 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 46 | 2063 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 15 | 4246 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 15 | 4185 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 11 | 5002 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 10 | 4052 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 11 | 3569 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 16 | 2601 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 8 | 3694 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 15 | 2464 |
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Where Deacon is most popular
- West Virginia2.7×
- Kentucky2.4×
- Tennessee2.2×
- Oklahoma2.1×
- Kansas2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.