Deion
Deion is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 105 births. Its best rank was 411th, in 1995–1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1050.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1996566 births
- Best rank
- #411first in 1995
- Since 1962
- 6,072people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,949 boys have been named Deion in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 566 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 45%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 123 girls have also been given it, 2.0% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Deion was the 411th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Deion
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Austenpeak 1995
- Savonpeak 1993
- Austinpeak 1995
- Romariopeak 1994
- Malikpeak 1996
- Taranpeak 1992
- Dekotapeak 1995
- Kishanpeak 1997
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.