Name Legacy

Dereon

Recorded 1990–2024 · United States

Dereon was most popular in 2008, when 316 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,600 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,571 people named Dereon.

Most popular in2008
Rank that year#1,600
Births that year316
Total since 18801,571
Given to77% boys

Dereon over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Dereon’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dereon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dereon is a unisex name — 23.4% of the 1,571 Americans given it were girls and 76.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 19% girls and 81% 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.

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Where Dereon 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