Deakin comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Son of a dean.".
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How popular is Deakin?
2011peak year
Today, Deakin is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8714), with only about 10 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2011, 21 babies were given the name (ranked #4536 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Deakin has been declining in recent years. In all, around 226 babies have been registered as Deakin since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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