Deron

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #7,691 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1966 · 270 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,709
since 1956

Deron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deron has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #465, 1966boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,9108
2024—#4,70121
2023—#4,61022
2022—#4,30324
2021—#5,11018
2020—#3,49731
2019—#4,00326
2018—#3,60730
2017—#3,12337
2016—#3,44132
2015—#3,68429
2014—#2,75443
2013—#2,02167
2012—#1,92374
2011—#1,92772
2010—#2,01068
2009—#1,63896
2008—#1,543104
2007—#1,95172
2006—#1,80876
2005—#1,72577
2004—#2,31649
2003—#2,18050
2002—#1,86960
2001—#1,71067
2000—#1,69967
1999—#1,82454
1998—#1,62264
1997—#1,43875
1996—#1,32182
1995—#1,33877
1994—#1,28183
1993—#1,023116
1992—#967124
1991—#967121
1990—#864140
1989—#878131
1988#7,6919#844127
1987#11,3255#787137
1986—#880106
1985#10,6775#93495
1984—#96085
1983—#1,02275
1982—#1,22957
1981—#1,09569
1980—#1,11166
1979—#1,03473
1978—#1,02772
1977—#97577
1976—#88389
1975#7,9846#758121
1974—#700137
1973—#616164
1972—#746113
1971#8,3245#692143
1970—#685146
1969—#630157
1968—#555185
1967#6,8045#515212
1966—#465270
1965—#479263
1964—#684127
1963—#1,54826
1962—#1,54626
1961—#1,13648
1960—#1,81220
1959—#1,97417
1958—#2,17714
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Deron! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Deron is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedMNIllinois: #843 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,746 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedWIMichigan: #734 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,835 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedIAIndiana: #428 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,065 boysINOhio: #606 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 9,976 boysOHPennsylvania: #788 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,456 boysPANew Jersey: #715 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,954 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,582 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 36,285 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNEMissouri: #357 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,796 boysMOKentucky: #298 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,101 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedVAMaryland: #529 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,636 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #490 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,906 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deron, so not publishedHITexas: #1,055 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 19,155 boysTXFlorida: #703 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,171 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#298 · 1 in 3,101
  2. Missouri#357 · 1 in 3,796
  3. Indiana#428 · 1 in 5,065
  4. Louisiana#490 · 1 in 3,906
  5. Maryland#529 · 1 in 6,636

Best ever in a state: #176 in Ohio, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#29881 in 3,101
Missouri#357101 in 3,796
Indiana#42881 in 5,065
Louisiana#49081 in 3,906
Maryland#52951 in 6,636
Ohio#60681 in 9,976
Florida#703101 in 9,171
New Jersey#71551 in 10,954
Michigan#73461 in 11,835
Pennsylvania#78851 in 16,456
Illinois#84371 in 12,746
Texas#1,05581 in 19,155
California#1,58281 in 36,285
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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 Deron
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,209 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #8,910)
  • 5,413 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #8,910)
  • 5,226 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 864 spots in 1964 (#1,548 → #684)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1976 (#758 → #883)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1966 at #465 (270 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1964–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,605
  • Highest: 1 in 6,605 boys born in 1966 were named Deron (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Deron (1,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s36#1,974 (1959)#2,698
1960s1,334#465 (1966)#937
1970s1,135#616 (1973)#812
1980s948#787 (1987)#974
1990s936#864 (1990)#1,265
2000s718#1,543 (2008)#1,844
2010s478#1,923 (2012)#2,849
2020s124#3,497 (2020)#5,189

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.

Deron in 1990

boys
#864
140 births · 1 in 14,672 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #864Deron140
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 14,672 of them was named Deron, which outranked 90.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deron
  1. #859Darion141
  2. #859Jerel141
  3. #859Quinten141
  4. #864Deron140
  5. #864Greggory140
  6. #864Ibrahim140
  7. #864Jessica140
  8. #869Kenton139
  9. #869Laron139
  10. #869Marquez139

Tied with 4 names at #864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →