Deacon is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1130 for boy births in the United States, given to 529 babies. Deacon first appears in the data in 1971 and reached its peak in 2014 (734 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 529 | #1,130 |
| 2024 | 540 | #1,108 |
| 2023 | 555 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 573 | #1,063 |
| 2021 | 631 | #973 |
| 2020 | 555 | #1,056 |
| 2019 | 562 | #1,053 |
| 2018 | 605 | #1,005 |
| 2017 | 581 | #1,032 |
| 2016 | 651 | #947 |
| 2015 | 669 | #936 |
| 2014 | 734 | #856 |
| 2013 | 656 | #907 |
| 2012 | 354 | #1,451 |
| 2011 | 358 | #1,420 |
| 2010 | 336 | #1,495 |
| 2009 | 353 | #1,484 |
| 2008 | 380 | #1,414 |
| 2007 | 386 | #1,383 |
| 2006 | 325 | #1,507 |
| 2005 | 240 | #1,794 |
| 2004 | 192 | #2,049 |
| 2003 | 127 | #2,692 |
| 2002 | 142 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 126 | #2,588 |
| 2000 | 74 | #3,701 |
| 1999 | 46 | #4,892 |
| 1998 | 13 | #11,717 |
| 1997 | 15 | #10,197 |
| 1996 | 15 | #10,044 |
| 1995 | 10 | #13,144 |
| 1994 | 11 | #12,335 |
| 1993 | 11 | #12,208 |
| 1992 | 6 | #18,452 |
| 1991 | 10 | #12,727 |
| 1990 | 5 | #20,466 |
| 1989 | 6 | #17,141 |
| 1988 | 8 | #13,172 |
| 1987 | 7 | #13,824 |
| 1986 | 7 | #13,418 |
| 1985 | 10 | #10,183 |
| 1984 | 11 | #9,336 |
| 1983 | 8 | #11,474 |
| 1982 | 6 | #14,527 |
| 1981 | 14 | #7,851 |
| 1980 | 10 | #9,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #9,138 |
| 1978 | 15 | #7,071 |
| 1977 | 10 | #9,293 |
| 1976 | 16 | #6,440 |
| 1975 | 14 | #6,984 |
| 1974 | 12 | #7,542 |
| 1973 | 8 | #9,709 |
| 1972 | 6 | #11,842 |
| 1971 | 15 | #6,242 |