Deacon
Deacon is ranked 550th among boys in 2024 (539 births). Its best rank was 420th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #550down 18 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5390.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014734 births
- Best rank
- #420in 2014
- Since 1971
- 11,038people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,038 boys have been named Deacon in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 734 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 420 → 550).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 50%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Deacon was the 420th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Deacon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thatcherpeak 2021
- Finneganpeak 2021
- Finniganpeak 2016
- Rayyanpeak 2015
- Yaseenpeak 2024
- Xanderpeak 2017
- Samarthpeak 2018
- Rayanpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.