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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • 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: #531 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,651 boysMNIllinois: #818 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,596 boysILWisconsin: #442 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,870 boysWIMichigan: #700 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,484 boysMINew York: #681 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 5,129 boysNYMassachusetts: #682 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,211 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: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedIAIndiana: #633 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,673 boysINOhio: #862 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,832 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,128 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,424 boysPANew Jersey: #777 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,373 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #827 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 8,648 boysCAUtah: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,597 boysUTColorado: #662 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,791 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedNEMissouri: #663 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,780 boysMOKentucky: #405 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,603 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #686 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,270 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedDEArizona: #779 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,656 boysAZNew 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: #752 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,054 boysTNNorth Carolina: #708 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,384 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #584 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,576 boysOKLouisiana: #610 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,577 boysLAMississippi: #424 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,129 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedALGeorgia: #658 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,540 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Devan, so not publishedHITexas: #758 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 6,430 boysTXFlorida: #844 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,807 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#405 · 1 in 2,603
  2. Mississippi#424 · 1 in 2,129
  3. Wisconsin#442 · 1 in 2,870
  4. Minnesota#531 · 1 in 3,651
  5. Oklahoma#584 · 1 in 3,576

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#40591 in 2,603
Mississippi#42471 in 2,129
Wisconsin#442101 in 2,870
Minnesota#53181 in 3,651
Oklahoma#58461 in 3,576
Louisiana#61071 in 3,577
Indiana#63381 in 4,673
Georgia#658131 in 4,540
Colorado#66261 in 4,791
Missouri#66371 in 4,780
Utah#67051 in 4,597
New York#681211 in 5,129
Massachusetts#68251 in 6,211
Virginia#68681 in 5,270
Michigan#70091 in 5,484
North Carolina#708101 in 5,384
Tennessee#75261 in 6,054
Texas#758291 in 6,430
New Jersey#77771 in 6,373
Arizona#77961 in 6,656
Illinois#818111 in 6,596
California#827281 in 8,648
Florida#844141 in 6,807
Ohio#86281 in 7,832
Pennsylvania#1,12851 in 12,424
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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 2009

girls
#2,966
58 births · 1 in 31,674 girls
boys
#780
291 births · 1 in 6,816 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #2,966Devan58

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #780Devan291
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 31,674 of them was named Devan, which outranked 85.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devan
  1. #2,940Tristin59
  2. #2,940Zaynab59
  3. #2,940Zelda59
  4. #2,966Devan58
  5. #2,966Alayjah58
  6. #2,966Angeli58
  7. #2,966Anoushka58
  8. #3,000Aarna57
  9. #3,000Ailea57
  10. #3,000Aine57

Tied with 33 names at #2,966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 6,816 of them was named Devan, which outranked 94.6% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devan
  1. #777Emery293
  2. #777Lamar293
  3. #779Adonis292
  4. #780Devan291
  5. #780Irvin291
  6. #780Luka291
  7. #783Camryn290
  8. #784Bo289
  9. #784Freddy289

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

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →