Name meaning & stats
Deacon
Deacon means “messenger” (English origin). 11,570 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“messenger”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
11,570 US babies were named Deacon between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Deacon (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
- Deacon 93%
- Deakon 4%
- Deakin 2%
- Deaken 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)