Deion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-on
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,743 for boys
Deion is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,743rd for boys in the US (93 babies).
Where does Deion come from?
Greek: variant of Dion, short for Dionysius
More on Wiktionary.
Is Deion a girl's or a boy's name?
Deion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 93 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deion in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Deion in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Deion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Deion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,743rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 93 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 93 boys in the US were named Deion, making it the 1,743rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,600th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 566 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer boys named Deion than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Deion in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 392 boys in the US were given Deion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #655, up from #1,743 for this spelling alone.
Deion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #1,743 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,608 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,695 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,600 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,553 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,499 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,443 |
| 2015 | 123 | #1,396 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,334 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,285 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 2010 | 110 | #1,481 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,443 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,031 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,488 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,379 |
| 2005 | 120 | #1,281 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,402 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,140 |
| 2002 | 132 | #1,106 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 175 | #891 |
| 1999 | 212 | #752 |
| 1998 | 186 | #810 |
| 1997 | 303 | #590 |
| 1996 | 566 | #410 |
| 1995 | 558 | #411 |
| 1994 | 318 | #578 |
| 1993 | 241 | #662 |
| 1992 | 190 | #746 |
| 1991 | 61 | #1,446 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,289 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
Names like Deion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Finn, Brody, Ronan, Kayden, Aiden, Conan, Keegan, Kian, Brayden, Caelan, Brogan
Other spellings of Deion
Names related to Deion
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Deion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deion, updated 20 October 2026.