Deaken
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-kun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Deaken is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “servant, attendant”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Deaken mean?
English: spelling of Deakon, itself a spelling of Deacon, from Greek diakonos
“servant, attendant”
A spelling of Deacon, the church office, from Greek diakonos 'servant, attendant'.
Meaning borrowed from Deakon.
Is Deaken a girl's or a boy's name?
Deaken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deaken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Deaken, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Deaken in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 560 boys in the US were given Deaken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Deaken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Deaken
- Deke
Names like Deaken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Declan Aiden Finnegan Raiden Cannon Finn Brecken Ronan Rayden Braylen
Other spellings of Deaken
Names related to Deaken
More English names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Deaken: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deaken, updated 20 October 2026.