Boys' name · since 2000
Dekevion
22 babies named Dekevion in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,120 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
22 boys have been named Dekevion since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekevion has been recorded 22 times among boys since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2008.
- #28,120 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekevion ranks #28,120 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,120 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekevion's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dekevion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dekevion's full recorded timeline at 2002, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dekevion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2008
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dekevion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Dekevion's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dekevion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dekevion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2000–2008 (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 Dekevion 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.