Deion

Where Deion comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Deion.

Deion through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #3,305 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Deion Sanders born
    American football and baseball player and football coach
  3. 1974
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1979
    Deion Branch born
    American football player
  5. 1996
    Peak, #410
    566 babies named Deion, the most in any year.
  6. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #811.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Deion Sanders · American football and baseball player and football coach, born 1967
  • Deion Branch · American football player, born 1979
  • Deion Jones · American football player, born 1994
  • Deion Hammond · American basketball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.