Unisex name · since 1977
Deavon
Deavon has 424 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,714 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,956 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 424
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deavon currently ranks #9956 among unisex names in America, with 424 babies recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deavon has been recorded 424 times among boys since 1977, currently ranked #9956 nationally and more common than 29% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #8,714 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,956 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 424 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deavon ranks #8,714 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,956 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 424 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,714 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,956 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 424
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deavon's 424 recorded births place it above 80.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Deavon compares
424 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deavon's all-time total is 15% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deavon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 424 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Deavon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deavon splits its recorded history at 2000: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deavon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Deavon popularity over time - girls
29 total births recorded since 1979 (Deavon as girls' name)
Deavon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (164 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Deavon's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Deavon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
164 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s 56
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 164 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Deavon's data
- Deavon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Deavon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Deavon 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.