Boys' name · since 2002
Deakin
Deakin has 227 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deakin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 227 recorded since 2002.
Deakin has 227 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2022.
- #12,199 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 227 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deakin ranks #12,199 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deakin's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deakin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deakin splits its recorded history at 2012: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deakin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2022
- Peak year (2011)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Deakin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Deakin's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Deakin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Deakin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Deakin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.