Deacon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Deacon: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #362 in 2008, and it stood at #814 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#362highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
1999	#973
2000	#751
2001	#617
2002	#577
2003	#461
2004	#487
2005	#477
2006	#402
2007	#427
2008	#362
2009	#366
2010	#427
2011	#416
2012	#425
2013	#396
2014	#364
2015	#406
2016	#531
2017	#460
2018	#675
2019	#694
2020	#706
2021	#659
2022	#878
2023	#770
2024	#814

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #659 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 #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #362 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #814 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Deacon appears in 3 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 1,742 births with the name.

Deacon across 3 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.

Deacon'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	#1765 (1996)	#362 (2008)	#814 (2024)	29 of 29	1,742 (1996–2024)	115 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#550 (2014)	#710 (2017)	5 of 12	17 (2006–2017)	5 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#392 (2020)	#433 (2021)	4 of 9	12 (2013–2021)	3 (2013)

Deacon 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 Deacon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	629	10 of 10	63
2010sbusiest	859	10 of 10	86
2020s	220	5 of 10	44

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 39, from 90 to 51.

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

Deacon 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: #362 in England and Wales in 2008.

Deacon'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	#814	40	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#770	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#659	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#694	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#460	90	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#531	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#406	103	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#364	115	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#396	103	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#425	93	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#416	95	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#427	88	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#366	106	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#362	104	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#427	82	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#402	84	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#477	58	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#487	54	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#461	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#577	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	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 #362, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 17 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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Dean · #13, 70y

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.

Jordi · #362, 29y
Adonis · #361, 27y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Coleen · #363, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Davey · #362, 30y
Jordi · #362, 29y
Montgomery · #362, 29y
Timur · #362, 30y

Deacon was ranked #362 in England and Wales · Boys in 2008. 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.

Deacon 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 Deacon without appearing here.

Deacon moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #751 and #3036.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2943.
Shannon Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #1642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2097.
Kelly Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1578 and #1454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #617 and #1467.

Moved ahead of Deacon

Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #416 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #425 and #238.
Kasper Compare
In 2015 they stood at #406 and #557 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #531 and #435.
Cooper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #366 and #396 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #427 and #364.
Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #675 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #694 and #634.

Moved the opposite way to Deacon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Deacon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deacon went from #1765 to #814 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #362 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Deacon

Deacon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Deacon across 3 official records

Deacon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Deacon at a glance

Deacon across 3 official records

Deacon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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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 Deacon

Deacon and the names beside it

Deacon moved ahead of

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