Deakon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-kun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Deakon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “servant, attendant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Deakon mean?
English: spelling of Deacon, from Greek diakonos
“servant, attendant”
A spelling of Deacon, the church office, from Greek diakonos 'servant, attendant'.
Is Deakon a girl's or a boy's name?
Deakon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deakon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Deakon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deakon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Deakon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Deakon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Deakon in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 560 boys in the US were given Deakon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Deakon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
Nicknames for Deakon
- Deke
Names like Deakon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Aiden Kayden Declan Deacon Kian Ronan Brody Darragh Caelan Keegan Lochlan
Other spellings of Deakon
Names related to Deakon
More English names
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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, “Deakon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deakon, updated 20 October 2026.