Recorded 1977–2018 Unisex name Peak 1994 417 births

Deavon — boys' name

417 babies named Deavon in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s401990s1642000s1522010s56
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Deavon was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

26 babies were named Deavon in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Deavon

The Social Security Administration has registered 417 babies named Deavon between 1977 and 2018, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deavon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Deavon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 29 additional births since 1979.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deavon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Deavon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deavon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 417 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Deavon at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

417

Since 1977

42 years of records

Peak year

1994

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1977

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2018

Deavon popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1977

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1994)
26
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
051015202530 20182011200620011996199119861977 5

Deavon popularity over time — girls

29 total births recorded since 1979 (Deavon as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 29 births
4.555.566.577.5 19931992199019891979 6

Deavon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
164 births that decade — 39% of Deavon's all-time total
1970s51980s401990s1642000s1522010s56

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deavon?
417 babies have been named Deavon since 1977. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1994 with 26 births.
When was Deavon most popular?
Deavon was most popular in the 1990s decade with 164 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
Is Deavon a unisex name?
Yes, Deavon is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 417 births, and as a girl's name it has 29 births.
How long has the name Deavon been used?
Deavon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 42 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Deavon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dean, Deandre, Deangelo, Deacon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.