Dejon
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #10,345 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 123 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,606since 1966
Dejon over time
Rank among boys' names. Dejon has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,399 | 17 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,476 | 22 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,006 | 39 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,990 | 26 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,882 | 27 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,579 | 47 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,951 | 72 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,205 | 58 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,687 | 76 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,646 | 76 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,636 | 73 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,379 | 92 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,188 | 114 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,106 | 120 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,085 | 119 |
| 1997 | — | #1,134 | 110 | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #1,180 | 97 |
| 1995 | — | #1,137 | 101 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,070 | 109 |
| 1993 | — | #1,047 | 111 | |
| 1992 | — | #974 | 123 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #981 | 119 |
| 1990 | — | #1,420 | 62 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #3,836 | 7 |
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| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dejon! It came in at #3,249, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dejon is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#545 · 1 in 4,748
- Georgia#561 · 1 in 4,299
- Illinois#659 · 1 in 6,694
- Louisiana#702 · 1 in 5,447
- Virginia#743 · 1 in 7,936
Best ever in a state: #380 in Connecticut, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #545 | 6 | 1 in 4,748 |
| Georgia | #561 | 12 | 1 in 4,299 |
| Illinois | #659 | 12 | 1 in 6,694 |
| Louisiana | #702 | 5 | 1 in 5,447 |
| Virginia | #743 | 5 | 1 in 7,936 |
| California | #761 | 24 | 1 in 10,138 |
| Ohio | #819 | 6 | 1 in 11,664 |
| Michigan | #916 | 5 | 1 in 11,939 |
| New York | #1,134 | 8 | 1 in 14,416 |
| Texas | #1,241 | 8 | 1 in 20,076 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dejon
- 828 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,399)
- 701 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,399)
- 1,517 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #5,399)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1991 (#1,420 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 73 spots in 1993 (#974 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1992 at #974 (123 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1991–1992
- Highest: 1 in 16,001 boys born in 1999 were named Dejon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #974 in 1992, was only 1 in 16,239 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.1% of all boys named Dejon (1,071) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,249 |
| 1970s | 71 | #3,203 (1977) | #4,162 |
| 1980s | 287 | #1,294 (1989) | #2,395 |
| 1990s | 1,071 | #974 (1992) | #1,113 |
| 2000s | 739 | #1,188 (2000) | #1,823 |
| 2010s | 310 | #2,579 (2010) | #3,678 |
| 2020s | 121 | #4,247 (2021) | #4,835 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dejon in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 252,421 of them was named Dejon, which outranked 32.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,122Zikeria8
- #10,122Zyan8
- #10,122Zyanna8
- #11,138Dejon7
- #11,138Aaliayah7
- #11,138Aaminah7
- #11,138Aanchal7
- #12,426Aailyah6
- #12,426Aaisha6
- #12,426Aajah6
Tied with 1,287 names at #11,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 16,062 of them was named Dejon, which outranked 90.4% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,080Coy120
- #1,080Jordyn120
- #1,080Tyreke120
- #1,085Dejon119
- #1,085Cedrick119
- #1,085Dajuan119
- #1,085Domingo119
- #1,092Gannon118
- #1,092Marquel118
- #1,092Milan118
Tied with 6 names at #1,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.