Spellings
Dion or Deon?
In the US in 2025, 41% of babies in this name family were spelled Dion and 35% Deon. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
The order has flipped. In 2015, Deon led with 43% of the family's births; in 2025, Dion leads with 41%. All spellings together, the family went from 461 to 381 births (−17%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dion | 139 | 155 | +12% |
| Deon | 199 | 133 | −33% |
| Deion | 123 | 93 | −24% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /diˈɑn/ (dee-ON). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Dion 10 births and Deon 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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