Deacon

What Deacon means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Deacon yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Deacon?

US: Falling: down from #453 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #406 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 734 boys got the name (#420 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 3,229 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,377 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.95 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.11 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.91 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Deacon is #561 in the US and #1035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Deacon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Deagan16 US
• Deakon15 US
• Deacan8 US
• Deaken8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Deacon

Boys

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Ocean#717“sea”^*

For a sister

• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Journey#411Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #411 vs #3,333 in 2025
• Poppy#292Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #7 vs #292 in 2025
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Promise#823Editor’s note 330 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Deacon’s. Rank is US 2025.