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Dejon

Recorded 1966–2025 · United States

Dejon was most popular in 1999, when 128 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,407 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,683 people named Dejon.

Most popular in1999
Rank that year#2,407
Births that year128
Total since 18802,683
Given to97% boys
Alive today~2,000
Median age28

Dejon over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Dejon’s peak in 1999. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Dejon?

Dejon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1966, which makes it about 59 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 60 years since.

How many people are named Dejon?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,683 American births named Dejon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,609 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Dejon in 2025?

17 American babies were named Dejon in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.

Is Dejon getting more or less popular?

Dejon is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Dejon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dejon is a boy’s name — 2.9% of the 2,683 Americans given it were girls and 97.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Dejon?

Roughly 2,609 Americans named Dejon are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 20 and 34.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Dejon is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org