# Deacon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deacon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of deocán.” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Deakin |
| US babies named this | 11,570 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,570 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,771, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 358 | 657 |
| 2012 | 354 | 667 |
| 2013 | 656 | 438 |
| 2014 | 734 | 420 |
| 2015 | 669 | 453 |
| 2016 | 651 | 469 |
| 2017 | 581 | 499 |
| 2018 | 605 | 485 |
| 2019 | 562 | 509 |
| 2020 | 555 | 516 |
| 2021 | 631 | 475 |
| 2022 | 573 | 517 |
| 2023 | 555 | 534 |
| 2024 | 540 | 552 |
| 2025 | 529 | 561 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 95 | 416 |
| 2012 | 93 | 425 |
| 2013 | 103 | 396 |
| 2014 | 115 | 364 |
| 2015 | 103 | 406 |
| 2016 | 73 | 531 |
| 2017 | 90 | 460 |
| 2018 | 51 | 675 |
| 2019 | 48 | 694 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 55 | 659 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 43 | 770 |
| 2024 | 40 | 814 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Deacon

- Deacon Jones, American football player (1938-2013)
- Deacon John Moore, American musician, singer and bandleader
- Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (1847-1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.