Deacon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-kon
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,102 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #561 for boys
Deacon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “servant, church minister”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 561st for boys in the US (529 babies).
What does Deacon mean?
English: English word name, from Greek diakonos
“servant, church minister”
From the title of a church officer, which comes from Greek diakonos, servant.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Deacon a girl's or a boy's name?
Deacon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 529 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deacon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Deacon, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 719th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 128 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Deacon than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Deacon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.
Deacon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 40 | #863 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 42 | #829 |
| 2021 | 63 | #649 |
| 2020 | 52 | #719 |
| 2019 | 53 | #706 |
| 2018 | 56 | #689 |
| 2017 | 97 | #474 |
| 2016 | 85 | #523 |
| 2015 | 111 | #427 |
| 2014 | 128 | #372 |
| 2013 | 111 | #420 |
| 2012 | 95 | #463 |
| 2011 | 103 | #424 |
| 2010 | 91 | #457 |
| 2009 | 109 | #398 |
| 2008 | 118 | #362 |
| 2007 | 95 | #418 |
| 2006 | 91 | #417 |
| 2005 | 67 | #470 |
| 2004 | 55 | #525 |
| 2003 | 53 | #508 |
| 2002 | 37 | #606 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Deacon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #561among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 529about 1 in 3,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 529 boys in the US were named Deacon, making it the 561st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 516th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 734 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Deacon than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Deacon in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 560 boys in the US were given Deacon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #561 for this spelling alone.
Deacon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 529 | #561 |
| 2024 | 540 | #552 |
| 2023 | 555 | #533 |
| 2022 | 573 | #517 |
| 2021 | 631 | #475 |
| 2020 | 555 | #516 |
| 2019 | 562 | #509 |
| 2018 | 605 | #485 |
| 2017 | 581 | #499 |
| 2016 | 651 | #469 |
| 2015 | 669 | #453 |
| 2014 | 734 | #420 |
| 2013 | 656 | #438 |
| 2012 | 354 | #667 |
| 2011 | 358 | #655 |
| 2010 | 336 | #693 |
| 2009 | 353 | #686 |
| 2008 | 380 | #644 |
| 2007 | 386 | #629 |
| 2006 | 325 | #690 |
| 2005 | 240 | #801 |
| 2004 | 192 | #898 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,172 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,063 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,116 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
Names like Deacon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Aiden Brody Kian Declan Ronan Keegan Conan Brayden Darragh Caelan
Other spellings of Deacon
Names related to Deacon
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Deacon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deacon, updated 20 October 2026.