# Deron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deron/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,744 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,709 / 35 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 57, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | 7,037 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,651 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8,241 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,085 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,777 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7,868 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 1,934 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,925 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,027 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,766 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,714 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,459 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,138 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,623 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,034 |
| 2020 | 31 | 3,509 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,173 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,336 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,631 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,742 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,117 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Deron

- Deron Williams, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Deron Quint, American ice hockey player
- Deron Washington, American basketball player (born 1985)

## 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.