NameTides

Deacon

Deacon was the #561 boys' name in the US in 2025 (529 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #605 in Canada.

Deacon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Deacon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Deacon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#561 (529)#1,035 (29)———#605 (48)
2024#552 (540)#814 (40)———#530 (53)
2023#533 (555)#770 (43)#614 (4)——#528 (52)
2022#517 (573)#878 (35)#425 (7)——#419 (69)
2021#475 (631)#659 (55)#533 (5)#433 (3)—#392 (77)
2020#516 (555)#706 (47)—#392 (3)—#346 (91)
2019#509 (562)#694 (48)#516 (5)——#389 (79)
2018#485 (605)#675 (51)#516 (5)——#362 (87)
2017#499 (581)#460 (90)#442 (7)—#710 (3)#343 (96)
2016#469 (651)#531 (73)#375 (9)#421 (3)—#362 (87)
2015#453 (669)#406 (103)#389 (8)—#699 (3)#385 (80)
2014#420 (734)#364 (115)#302 (13)—#550 (5)#489 (59)
2013#438 (656)#396 (103)#520 (5)#398 (3)—#482 (58)
2012#667 (354)#425 (93)———#686 (35)
2011#655 (358)#416 (95)#386 (8)——#648 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #420.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Deacon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Deacon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #306WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #349OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #626CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #348TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #700TXFlorida: #662FL
Deacon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44528

Deacon (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeaconCanadaBoys#60548
DeaconEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
DeaconIrelandBoys—too few
DeaconNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DeaconScotlandBoys—too few
DeaconUSBoys#561529