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

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Peak · boys
1994 · 646 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,639
since 1924

Devan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #520, 1991peak #367, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,51653
2024#8,44312#2,52753
2023#10,3129#2,61450
2022#9,05611#2,26963
2021#8,46412#2,34958
2020#11,0908#1,99671
2019#6,17619#1,89978
2018#11,4278#1,79285
2017#6,53118#1,64496
2016#4,63230#1,356131
2015#6,72118#1,416121
2014#4,76829#1,213151
2013#6,01721#1,192150
2012#4,12136#983203
2011#4,35333#953208
2010#4,02337#877239
2009#2,96658#780291
2008#3,12054#749301
2007#2,50974#610410
2006#2,28783#586418
2005#2,23981#561423
2004#2,15583#502487
2003#1,94793#478519
2002#2,08182#514441
2001#1,444130#472501
2000#1,533118#496460
1999#1,321136#440524
1998#1,167161#409592
1997#976200#408566
1996#807254#421533
1995#709295#390599
1994#711293#367646
1993#694312#407568
1992#628360#396579
1991#520449#440509
1990#669321#492387
1989#1,032166#506357
1988#1,217123#570263
1987#1,318104#644202
1986#1,42090#667181
1985#1,63272#710155
1984#1,56572#840109
1983#1,37387#827111
1982#1,65369#1,25455
1981#1,71466#1,54839
1980#1,38090#1,41045
1979#1,33892#1,34048
1978#1,053128#1,06666
1977#2,90927#1,22152
1976—#1,78128
1975#7,9846#2,00123
1974#7,6806#1,69228
1973—#1,69627
1972—#2,41815
1971#8,3245#1,63729
1970#7,0706#2,05819
1969#5,4568#3,0629
1968#6,2466#1,78820
1967—#2,03015
1966—#1,96316
1965—#1,66922
1964—#1,65523
1963—#2,30013
1962—#3,0418
1961—#4,0655
1960—#2,42312
1959—#2,53011
1958—#2,64210
1957—#3,2577
1956—#3,5356
1955—#2,55810
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,9058
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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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #356 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,147 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedMINew York: #1,057 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,366 boysNYMassachusetts: #432 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,845 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedSDIowa: #265 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,022 boysIAIndiana: #431 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,159 boysINOhio: #450 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,549 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #882 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 16,307 boysCAUtah: #185 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,271 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNEMissouri: #452 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,996 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #378 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,717 boysNCSouth Carolina: #434 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,216 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #564 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,675 boysLAMississippi: #357 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,845 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedGAHawaii: #245 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,298 boysHITexas: #928 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 16,258 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#185 · 1 in 1,271
  2. Hawaii#245 · 1 in 1,298
  3. Iowa#265 · 1 in 3,022
  4. Minnesota#356 · 1 in 6,147
  5. Mississippi#357 · 1 in 2,845

Best ever in a state: #122 in Maine, 1993.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#185131 in 1,271
Hawaii#24551 in 1,298
Iowa#26561 in 3,022
Minnesota#35651 in 6,147
Mississippi#35761 in 2,845
North Carolina#378111 in 3,717
Indiana#43161 in 6,159
Massachusetts#43251 in 7,845
South Carolina#43451 in 4,216
Ohio#450101 in 7,549
Missouri#45261 in 5,996
Louisiana#56461 in 5,675
California#882141 in 16,307
Texas#92891 in 16,258
New York#1,05761 in 20,366
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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)
  • 1,100 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #2,516)
  • Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1983 (#1,254 → #827)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 2013 (#983 → #1,192)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#3,867 (1924)#3,867
1930s0——
1940s12#3,298 (1949)#3,334
1950s62#2,530 (1959)#2,860
1960s143#1,655 (1964)#2,400
1970s335#1,066 (1978)#1,691
1980s1,517#506 (1989)#898
1990s5,503#367 (1994)#417
2000s4,251#472 (2001)#575
2010s1,462#877 (2010)#1,333
2020s348#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.

Devan in 1986

girls
#1,420
90 births · 1 in 19,062 girls
boys
#667
181 births · 1 in 10,174 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #1,420Devan90

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #667Devan181
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 19,062 of them was named Devan, which outranked 88.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devan
  1. #1,405Talisha91
  2. #1,405Tory91
  3. #1,405Violeta91
  4. #1,420Devan90
  5. #1,420Adam90
  6. #1,420Amina90
  7. #1,420Brooklyn90
  8. #1,439Alise89
  9. #1,439Blake89
  10. #1,439Corrina89

Tied with 18 names at #1,420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 10,174 of them was named Devan, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devan
  1. #663Royce183
  2. #665Carter182
  3. #665Cary182
  4. #667Devan181
  5. #667Brant181
  6. #669Jerad180
  7. #670Darrel179
  8. #670Virgil179

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →