Deyan
Deyan is a name with a single cultural origin: Bulgarian.
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Deyan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deyan is a name with a single cultural origin: Bulgarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bulgarian
The Story of Deyan
The earliest SSA record of Deyan as a baby boy name dates back to 1989, when 6 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Deyan — #8,983 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Deyan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Deyan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deyan
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About the name Deyan
Deyan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Deyan's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #8,983. Use the chart and map above to compare Deyan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.