Deakon
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning servant; variant spelling of Deacon.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Deakon by the numbers
Deakon was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deakon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- Deakindeacon; servant or messenger9 in the US (2017)
- Damonto tame; loyal704 in the US (2017)
- Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a helper
Like Deakon, each of these has a helper in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ezrahelp, helper1,300 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Adrielmy help is god; flock of god1,553 in the US (2017)
- Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marshallhorse servant or stable master938 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Deakon
Nobody has voted for Deakon yet
Vote for Deakon and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Deakon