Deacon
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About Deacon
The name Deacon is currently ranked #561 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #420 in 2014. The name is most popular in West Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
2 syllables.
As of September 2026, Deacon ranked #561 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #420 in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #420 | 734 | 382.1 |
| 2015 | #453 | 669 | 349 |
| 2016 | #469 | 651 | 343 |
| 2017 | #499 | 581 | 313.9 |
| 2018 | #485 | 604 | 332.6 |
| 2019 | #509 | 562 | 313.2 |
| 2020 | #516 | 555 | 321.5 |
| 2021 | #474 | 630 | 360.1 |
| 2022 | #517 | 573 | 328.2 |
| 2023 | #532 | 555 | 324.5 |
| 2024 | #550 | 539 | 312.8 |
| 2025 | #561 | 529 | 309.7 |
World rankings
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Famous Deacons
- James Thomas "Deacon" McGuire
American baseball player
- David D. "Deacon" Jones
American NFL football player
- Carroll Elmer "Deacon" Jones
American baseball pitcher
- James Laurie "Deacon" White
American baseball player
- Deacon John Moore
American R&B musician
- Deacon Tehanakore Manu
New Zealand,born Fijian rugby union player
- Deacon Reese Phillippe
son of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
- Deacon Frey
son of musician Glenn Frey of The Eagles
- Deacon Johnson (b. 2006)
son of American actor Don Johnson
- John Richard Deacon
bassist of Queen
Deacon in pop culture
- Deacon Claybourne
character on TV's "Nashville"
- Deacon Slemp
sadist in Nathanael West's "A Cool Million" (1934)
- Deacon "Deke" Kaye
character in the movie "S.W.A.T."
- Deacon Frost
character in Marvel Comics
- Deacon
character in video game, Fallout 4
- Deacon Blue
Scottish rock band
- Deacon Hatcher
character in book series "The Program"
- "Deacon Blues
" song by Steely Dan on their 1977 album "Aja"
- Deacon
vampire in Taika Waititi's film, "What We Do in the Shadows"
- Deacon Palmer
character on TV's "King of Queens"
- Deacon Logan
character from the Bill & Ted movies