Meaning and history
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the common noun deacon, meaning a cleric in the Christian church and ultimately derived from Greek διάκονος (diakonos), “servant.”
20062006: 325 births, rank #690
2007: 386 births, rank #629
2008: 380 births, rank #644
2009: 353 births, rank #686
2010: 336 births, rank #693
20112011: 358 births, rank #655
2012: 354 births, rank #667
2013: 656 births, rank #438
2014: 734 births, rank #420
2015: 669 births, rank #453
20162016: 651 births, rank #469
2017: 581 births, rank #499
2018: 605 births, rank #485
2019: 562 births, rank #509
2020: 555 births, rank #516
20212021: 631 births, rank #475
2022: 573 births, rank #517
2023: 555 births, rank #533
2024: 540 births, rank #552
20252025: 529 births, rank #561
Deacon moved from #552 to #561 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 734 births.