Deon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Deon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Deon: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #243 in 2002, and it stood at #924 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1998	#3848
2001	#2783
2005	#3970
2009	#4564

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1071 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2013
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2013).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #924 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Deon appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 667 births with the name.

Deon across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Deon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#655 (1999)	#924 (2024)	29 of 29	667 (1996–2024)	43 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#435 (2007)	#435 (2007)	#770 (2023)	9 of 17	34 (2007–2023)	6 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1914 (1996)	#4564 (2009)	5 of 14	24 (1996–2009)	8 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2002)	#243 (2002)	#398 (2013)	3 of 12	10 (2002–2013)	4 (2002)

Deon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Deon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	82	4 of 10	21
2000s	226	10 of 10	23
2010s	204	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	155	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Deon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Deon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#924	34	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#745	43	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#897	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#960	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#710	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dereck · #196, 17y
Derek · #22, 72y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denver · #243, 31y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Kain · #243, 29y
Luc · #243, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cailean · #243, 22y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Kain · #243, 29y

Deon was ranked #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Deon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Deon without appearing here.

Deon moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1135 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #960 and #2538.
Graham Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #2112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1056 and #2488.
Wayne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1056 and #2266.
Barry Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1056 and #2104.

Moved ahead of Deon

Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1188 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #731.
Archie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #435 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #701 and #233.
Kristian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #435 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #701 and #303.
Fionn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #897 and #1082 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1209 and #831.

Moved the opposite way to Deon

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #655 to #924 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #655 to #924 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #655 to #924 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #655 to #924 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Deon

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #657 to #1143 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Deon went from #914 to #1327 and Morten from #2859 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Deon

Deon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Deon across 4 official records

Deon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Deon at a glance

Deon across 4 official records

Deon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Deon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Deon

Deon and the names beside it

Deon moved ahead of

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