Given name & surname
Deke
“the dusty one; a servant”
Deke is a variant of Deacon. One Greek interpretation is “the dusty one; a servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deke is a variant of Deacon. One Greek interpretation is “the dusty one; a servant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deke is a variant of Deacon. An origin associated with Deacon is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224
- 224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 as a first name in 2020; 107 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Deke
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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