Devan
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,443
- #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
- Given to boys 72.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 646 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,639since 1924
Devan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1924 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,516 | 53 | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #2,527 | 53 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #2,269 | 63 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #1,996 | 71 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #1,899 | 78 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,792 | 85 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #1,644 | 96 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | #1,356 | 131 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #1,416 | 121 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #1,213 | 151 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #1,192 | 150 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 | #983 | 203 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #953 | 208 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | #877 | 239 |
| 2009 | #2,966 | 58 | #780 | 291 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | #749 | 301 |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | #610 | 410 |
| 2006 | #2,287 | 83 | #586 | 418 |
| 2005 | #2,239 | 81 | #561 | 423 |
| 2004 | #2,155 | 83 | #502 | 487 |
| 2003 | #1,947 | 93 | #478 | 519 |
| 2002 | #2,081 | 82 | #514 | 441 |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 | #472 | 501 |
| 2000 | #1,533 | 118 | #496 | 460 |
| 1999 | #1,321 | 136 | #440 | 524 |
| 1998 | #1,167 | 161 | #409 | 592 |
| 1997 | #976 | 200 | #408 | 566 |
| 1996 | #807 | 254 | #421 | 533 |
| 1995 | #709 | 295 | #390 | 599 |
| 1994 | #711 | 293 | #367 | 646 |
| 1993 | #694 | 312 | #407 | 568 |
| 1992 | #628 | 360 | #396 | 579 |
| 1991 | #520 | 449 | #440 | 509 |
| 1990 | #669 | 321 | #492 | 387 |
| 1989 | #1,032 | 166 | #506 | 357 |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 | #570 | 263 |
| 1987 | #1,318 | 104 | #644 | 202 |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 | #667 | 181 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | #710 | 155 |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 | #840 | 109 |
| 1983 | #1,373 | 87 | #827 | 111 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | #1,254 | 55 |
| 1981 | #1,714 | 66 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 | #1,410 | 45 |
| 1979 | #1,338 | 92 | #1,340 | 48 |
| 1978 | #1,053 | 128 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Devan! It came in at #3,867, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1946, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Devan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #122 in Maine, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Devan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 11 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #2,516)
- 520 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #2,516)
- Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1983
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1994 at #367 (646 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1983–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,991
- Highest: 1 in 2,991 boys born in 1994 were named Devan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 40.3% of all boys named Devan (5,503) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly girls until 1982, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,867 (1924) | #3,867 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,334 |
| 1950s | 62 | #2,530 (1959) | #2,860 |
| 1960s | 143 | #1,655 (1964) | #2,400 |
| 1970s | 335 | #1,066 (1978) | #1,691 |
| 1980s | 1,517 | #506 (1989) | #898 |
| 1990s | 5,503 | #367 (1994) | #417 |
| 2000s | 4,251 | #472 (2001) | #575 |
| 2010s | 1,462 | #877 (2010) | #1,333 |
| 2020s | 348 | #1,996 (2020) | #2,379 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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