Given name & surname
Deacon
“the dusty one; a servant”
Deacon is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “the dusty one; a servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “the dusty one; a servant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deacon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,570
- 11,570 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 734 babies
- 2025
- 529
- #561 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 529 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 561 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 734 in 2014. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (40). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,805 as a first name in 2020; 3,324 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deacon’s family of names
Deacon has a related form in Deke. Deacon has a related form in Deakon. Deacon has a related form in Deacan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 23
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Deacon
- Deacon John MooreAmerican musician, singer and bandleaderborn 1941
- Deacon JonesAmerican football player (1938-2013)
- Deacon WhiteAmerican baseball player and manager (1847-1939)
- Deacon JonesAmerican athletics competitor (1934-2007)
- Deacon ManuNew Zealand rugby union footballer and coachborn 1979
- Deacon McGuireAmerican baseball player and coach (1863-1936)
Characters named Deacon: Deacon Frost (Marvel comic books).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Deacon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Kallen
“a handsome man”
94% boys · 6% girls
Nikolaos
“I conquer” · “people”
>99% boys
Xander
“helper and defender of mankind”
>99% boys
Chiron
“a wise tutor”
>99% boys
Daedalus
“a craftsman”
>99% boys
Neo
“a gift from God” · “brand-new”
>99% boys
Xenon
“from a foreign land; a Stranger”
>99% boys
Ioannis
Ioannis is a masculine given name from Greek.
>99% boys