Is Dejon a boy or girl name?

Dejon is a boy’s name. Of the 2,683 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys.

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.

Dejon over time

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.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Dejon

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