Deva
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to girls 97.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 964since 1911
Deva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Deva has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1911
The first year at least five girls were named Deva! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Deva is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Deva in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Deva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1915 at #2,143 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1916, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 70,275
- Highest: 1 in 70,275 girls born in 1915 were named Deva (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 17.1% of all girls named Deva (165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 56 | #2,143 (1915) | #3,400 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,708 (1926) | #3,803 |
| 1930s | 47 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,662 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,974 (1948) | #4,126 |
| 1950s | 57 | #3,778 (1955) | #4,389 |
| 1960s | 90 | #3,318 (1969) | #4,678 |
| 1970s | 165 | #2,955 (1971) | #3,978 |
| 1980s | 132 | #4,166 (1984) | #5,629 |
| 1990s | 112 | #5,868 (1997) | #7,989 |
| 2000s | 70 | #8,505 (2003) | #12,491 |
| 2010s | 61 | #8,701 (2010) | #12,771 |
| 2020s | 46 | #8,024 (2021) | #10,456 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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