Devin

#2,153 for girls in 2025, 86 births · #548 for boys in 2025, 548 births
Given to boys 89.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 6,193 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
156,250
since 1947

Devin over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #238, 1991peak #58, 1995girlsboys
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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#2,15386#548548
2024#2,03396#516594
2023#2,10791#461665
2022#2,06893#423750
2021#2,21284#388832
2020#2,52368#382803
2019#2,09090#360915
2018#2,27580#3321,005
2017#1,943103#3291,042
2016#1,890107#3001,175
2015#1,861110#2591,386
2014#1,940103#2521,494
2013#1,849109#2091,847
2012#1,477153#1732,244
2011#1,418160#1572,466
2010#1,414162#1402,845
2009#1,328181#1263,384
2008#1,299191#1094,008
2007#1,069245#1004,427
2006#1,090232#1004,451
2005#905277#904,715
2004#761342#815,167
2003#794312#745,646
2002#772311#745,440
2001#612410#716,040
2000#525502#696,152
1999#508509#685,970
1998#461559#626,218
1997#425605#596,044
1996#394672#606,001
1995#352745#586,193
1994#344771#616,064
1993#309857#715,356
1992#2731,035#754,972
1991#2381,162#834,388
1990#318862#983,866
1989#422589#963,596
1988#457490#983,302
1987#492440#993,076
1986#463465#1132,446
1985#556355#1212,331
1984#601297#1232,175
1983#549335#1421,894
1982#697252#2271,034
1981#690250#251870
1980#541348#235980
1979#501402#236939
1978#473418#241868
1977#1,131112#252805
1976#4,15415#333517
1975#3,95016#319561
1974#3,00823#307593
1973#3,34219#338502
1972#3,17720#357469
1971#3,50818#364494
1970#2,64727#355523
1969#2,17134#378431
1968#2,24629#394389
1967#2,43225#412343
1966#4,19810#414333
1965#5,8176#434317
1964#5,0088#460298
1963#3,06617#562197
1962#5,2937#572187
1961#4,23910#684125
1960#5,1687#742108
1959—#87576
1958—#91568
1957#4,9187#94464
1956—#1,00855
1955#3,37712#1,21938
1954#4,2788#1,26835
1953#5,6735#1,83618
1952#5,5635#1,70120
1951—#1,77418
1950—#3,0217
1949—#1,82017
1948—#2,21812
1947—#3,3706
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Devin! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Devin is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #73 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 315 boysAKMaine: #112 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 722 boysMEVermont: #91 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 475 boysVTNew Hampshire: #117 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 857 boysNHWashington: #107 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 595 boysWAIdaho: #64 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 278 boysIDMontana: #107 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 504 boysMTNorth Dakota: #91 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 425 boysNDMinnesota: #126 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 958 boysMNIllinois: #153 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 1,003 boysILWisconsin: #118 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 898 boysWIMichigan: #121 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 868 boysMINew York: #136 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 968 boysNYMassachusetts: #117 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,005 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Devin, so not publishedRIOregon: #84 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 433 boysORNevada: #87 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 442 boysNVWyoming: #72 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 288 boysWYSouth Dakota: #124 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 732 boysSDIowa: #98 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 569 boysIAIndiana: #101 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 580 boysINOhio: #118 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 866 boysOHPennsylvania: #96 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 637 boysPANew Jersey: #126 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 970 boysNJConnecticut: #143 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,049 boysCTCalifornia: #181 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 1,020 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 230 boysUTColorado: #104 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 599 boysCONebraska: #130 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 901 boysNEMissouri: #116 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 738 boysMOKentucky: #130 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 920 boysKYWest Virginia: #169 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,448 boysWVVirginia: #86 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 564 boysVAMaryland: #66 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 338 boysMDDelaware: #99 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 575 boysDEArizona: #95 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 490 boysAZNew Mexico: #187 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 968 boysNMKansas: #103 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 526 boysKSArkansas: #131 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 694 boysARTennessee: #96 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 546 boysTNNorth Carolina: #120 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 750 boysNCSouth Carolina: #98 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 521 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #91 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 454 boysDCOklahoma: #146 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 843 boysOKLouisiana: #83 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 460 boysLAMississippi: #137 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 668 boysMSAlabama: #141 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 774 boysALGeorgia: #137 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 771 boysGAHawaii: #127 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 570 boysHITexas: #211 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 1,168 boysTXFlorida: #129 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 746 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#63 · 1 in 230
  2. Idaho#64 · 1 in 278
  3. Maryland#66 · 1 in 338
  4. Wyoming#72 · 1 in 288
  5. Alaska#73 · 1 in 315

Best ever in a state: #23 in Louisiana, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#63741 in 230
Idaho#64261 in 278
Maryland#66821 in 338
Wyoming#72121 in 288
Alaska#73161 in 315
Louisiana#83781 in 460
Oregon#84421 in 433
Virginia#86671 in 564
Nevada#87141 in 442
District of Columbia#91171 in 454
North Dakota#91131 in 425
Vermont#9171 in 475
Arizona#95541 in 490
Pennsylvania#961211 in 637
Tennessee#96591 in 546
Iowa#98341 in 569
South Carolina#98411 in 521
Delaware#9971 in 575
Indiana#101651 in 580
Kansas#103331 in 526
Colorado#104421 in 599
Montana#107111 in 504
Washington#107531 in 595
Maine#112101 in 722
Missouri#116501 in 738
Massachusetts#117391 in 1,005
New Hampshire#11781 in 857
Ohio#118891 in 866
Wisconsin#118381 in 898
North Carolina#120541 in 750
Michigan#121751 in 868
South Dakota#12471 in 732
Minnesota#126331 in 958
New Jersey#126481 in 970
Hawaii#127121 in 570
Florida#1291001 in 746
Kentucky#130271 in 920
Nebraska#130131 in 901
Arkansas#131221 in 694
New York#1361251 in 968
Georgia#137561 in 771
Mississippi#137261 in 668
Alabama#141331 in 774
Connecticut#143191 in 1,049
Oklahoma#146281 in 843
Illinois#153821 in 1,003
West Virginia#16981 in 1,448
California#1812191 in 1,020
New Mexico#187121 in 968
Texas#2111261 in 1,168
Rhode Island———

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 Devin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 32 spots since 2024 (#516 → #548)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#382 → #548)
  • 289 spots since 2015 (#259 → #548)
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1960 (#875 → #742)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2024 (#461 → #516)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1995 at #58 (6,193 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1987–2007
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1957–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 307
  • Highest: 1 in 307 boys born in 1998 were named Devin (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,117 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #58 in 1995, was only 1 in 307 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.2% of all boys named Devin (55,072) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s35#1,820 (1949)#2,469
1950s399#875 (1959)#1,456
1960s2,728#378 (1969)#505
1970s6,271#236 (1979)#310
1980s21,704#96 (1989)#151
1990s55,072#58 (1995)#70
2000s49,430#69 (2000)#89
2010s16,419#140 (2010)#251
2020s4,192#382 (2020)#453

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.

Devin in 1985

girls
#556
355 births · 1 in 4,847 girls
boys
#121
2,331 births · 1 in 793 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #556Devin355

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #121Devin2,331
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 4,847 of them was named Devin, which outranked 95.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devin
  1. #553Christi357
  2. #553Clara357
  3. #555Latrice356
  4. #556Devin355
  5. #557Rosanna354
  6. #558Domonique353
  7. #559Jodie352
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 793 of them was named Devin, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devin
  1. #118Johnathan2,391
  2. #119Terry2,374
  3. #120Shaun2,354
  4. #121Devin2,331
  5. #122Lucas2,318
  6. #123Troy2,316
  7. #124Andre2,294
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →