Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Deacon

#1,083 most common boys' name of all time · #2,570 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#1,083
Rank overall
#2,570 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
11,570
Since 2016
5,782
Peak year
2014 #420
Best rank
#420 2014
📖The word “deacon” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 734/yr
198020002020

Deacon first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 529 529 #562
2024 — 540 540 #553
2023 — 555 555 #534
2022 — 573 573 #517
2021 — 631 631 #475
2020 — 555 555 #516
2019 — 562 562 #510
2018 — 605 605 #485
2017 — 581 581 #501
2016 — 651 651 #469
2015 — 669 669 #453
2014 — 734 734 #420
2013 — 656 656 #440
2012 — 354 354 #667
2011 — 358 358 #659
2010 — 336 336 #694
2009 — 353 353 #688
2008 — 380 380 #646
2007 — 386 386 #630
2006 — 325 325 #690
2005 — 240 240 #801
2004 — 192 192 #900
2003 — 127 127 #1,179
2002 — 142 142 #1,069
2001 — 126 126 #1,121
2000 — 74 74 #1,596
1999 — 46 46 #2,088
1998 — 13 13 #4,991
1997 — 15 15 #4,349
1996 — 15 15 #4,301
1995 — 10 10 #5,679
1994 — 11 11 #5,262
1993 — 11 11 #5,182
1992 — 6 6 #7,820
1991 — 10 10 #5,301
1990 — 5 5 #8,670
1989 — 6 6 #7,412
1988 — 8 8 #5,514
1987 — 7 7 #5,813
1986 — 7 7 #5,665
1985 — 10 10 #4,226
1984 — 11 11 #3,855
1983 — 8 8 #4,752
1982 — 6 6 #6,044
1981 — 14 14 #3,180
1980 — 10 10 #4,049
1979 — 11 11 #3,757
1978 — 15 15 #2,910
1977 — 10 10 #3,788
1976 — 16 16 #2,696
1975 — 14 14 #2,882
1974 — 12 12 #3,100
1973 — 8 8 #4,001
1972 — 6 6 #4,892
1971 — 15 15 #2,557