Given name & surname
Delon
Delon is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,416
- 1,378 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,440 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,440 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,267 as a first name in 2020; 454 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.
Delon’s family of names
In English usage, Delon has a related form in de Lon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Delon
- Delon WrightAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Delon ArmitageEnglish rugby union footballerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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