Dejon
Dejon was the 5439th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 975th with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,531 places. More babies were named Dejon in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,439 boys, down 699 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1992123 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,683babies recorded
Dejon popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 77 since 1970.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 2020 | #4,740 | 20 |
| 2010 | #2,595 | 47 |
| 2000 | #1,190 | 114 |
| 1990 | #1,422 | 62 |
| 1980 | #4,598 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,934 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Dejon, counting every spelling?
Dejon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 17 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dejon | 17 | #5,439 | 101 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Dejon?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dejon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dejon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dejon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dejon?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Dejon are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 20 and 33. That makes Dejon mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Dejon by state
How common Dejon was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Dejon
How popular is the name Dejon?
Dejon was the 5439th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 975th with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,531 places. More babies were named Dejon in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Dejon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dejon in the US.
Where is Dejon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dejon was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).