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Deacon

Boy's name · #561 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Deacon reached its best rank, #420, in 2014 and ranked #561 in 2025. About 12,000 boys have carried it since 1971.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#442 in New Zealand (2025) · #605 in Canada (2025) · #1,035 in England & Wales (2025) · #9,350 in Italy (2024) · #3,588 in Ecuador (2024) · #614 in Scotland (2023) · #433 in N. Ireland (2021) · #3,973 in France (2021) · #710 in Ireland (2017) · #998 in Netherlands (2016) · #1,273 in Belgium (2007).

Famous Deacons

• Deacon Jones — American football player (1938–2013)
• Deacon White — American baseball player and manager (1847–1939)
• Deacon McGuire — American baseball player, manager, and coach (1863–1936)
• Deacon Manu — New Zealand-born Fijian rugby player (born 1979)
• Deacon Chiu — Hong Kong entrepreneur (1924–2015)

In stories & tradition

• Deacon Frost — Fictional character in Marvel comic books
• Deacon Blackfire — DC Comics supervillain
• Deacon Sharpe — Fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless

What Deacons become

Among 26 notable people named Deacon:

Sports figures appear 2.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Deacon Jones, American football player (1938–2013).

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