Devon
- #3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births
- #1,028 for boys in 2025, 216 births
- Given to boys 78.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 3,033 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 72,673since 1914
Devon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,459 | 44 | #1,028 | 216 |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | #961 | 236 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | #901 | 258 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #837 | 291 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #774 | 322 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 | #674 | 385 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | #714 | 342 |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 | #664 | 381 |
| 2017 | #2,573 | 68 | #619 | 421 |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 61 | #570 | 491 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #554 | 518 |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | #525 | 528 |
| 2013 | #2,236 | 83 | #447 | 644 |
| 2012 | #2,064 | 93 | #396 | 741 |
| 2011 | #1,898 | 105 | #350 | 855 |
| 2010 | #1,830 | 111 | #311 | 1,028 |
| 2009 | #1,785 | 121 | #277 | 1,236 |
| 2008 | #1,573 | 145 | #242 | 1,510 |
| 2007 | #1,298 | 188 | #210 | 1,862 |
| 2006 | #1,268 | 189 | #197 | 1,985 |
| 2005 | #963 | 256 | #191 | 2,097 |
| 2004 | #848 | 290 | #175 | 2,328 |
| 2003 | #764 | 324 | #160 | 2,527 |
| 2002 | #832 | 280 | #160 | 2,395 |
| 2001 | #800 | 294 | #147 | 2,722 |
| 2000 | #658 | 371 | #133 | 2,974 |
| 1999 | #560 | 447 | #125 | 3,000 |
| 1998 | #504 | 503 | #119 | 3,147 |
| 1997 | #437 | 583 | #119 | 3,189 |
| 1996 | #404 | 650 | #127 | 2,907 |
| 1995 | #314 | 887 | #119 | 3,114 |
| 1994 | #371 | 701 | #117 | 3,033 |
| 1993 | #298 | 915 | #127 | 2,727 |
| 1992 | #301 | 920 | #123 | 2,773 |
| 1991 | #233 | 1,205 | #132 | 2,474 |
| 1990 | #278 | 997 | #151 | 2,058 |
| 1989 | #395 | 625 | #178 | 1,716 |
| 1988 | #504 | 443 | #190 | 1,441 |
| 1987 | #508 | 418 | #209 | 1,196 |
| 1986 | #491 | 435 | #226 | 1,053 |
| 1985 | #501 | 405 | #239 | 977 |
| 1984 | #416 | 510 | #255 | 851 |
| 1983 | #383 | 579 | #276 | 750 |
| 1982 | #435 | 502 | #376 | 460 |
| 1981 | #406 | 550 | #424 | 384 |
| 1980 | #334 | 721 | #393 | 436 |
| 1979 | #316 | 757 | #394 | 410 |
| 1978 | #307 | 760 | #377 | 417 |
| 1977 | #543 | 329 | #372 | 442 |
| 1976 | #1,016 | 123 | #447 | 305 |
| 1975 | #1,074 | 109 | #450 | 314 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 93 | #416 | 352 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | #478 | 270 |
| 1972 | #1,146 | 95 | #571 | 197 |
| 1971 | #1,159 | 100 | #600 | 191 |
| 1970 | #1,168 | 99 | #569 | 203 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | #603 | 169 |
| 1968 | #1,171 | 85 | #598 | 161 |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 | #614 | 149 |
| 1966 | #1,213 | 78 | #678 | 120 |
| 1965 | #1,252 | 74 | #724 | 105 |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 | #720 | 115 |
| 1963 | #1,169 | 87 | #757 | 103 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | #841 | 81 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #950 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | #1,002 | 56 |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | #1,007 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,288 | 57 | #1,123 | 43 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | #1,013 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | — | #1,142 | 33 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,020 | 39 |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,480 | 25 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,350 | 30 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Devon! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Devon 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
- Iowa#571 · 1 in 2,766
- Wisconsin#618 · 1 in 3,347
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- Massachusetts#690 · 1 in 4,504
- Missouri#709 · 1 in 3,973
Best ever in a state: #52 in Maine, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Wisconsin | #618 | 7 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Pennsylvania | #792 | 10 | 1 in 5,226 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Florida | #846 | 17 | 1 in 5,620 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Illinois | #870 | 9 | 1 in 5,506 |
| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Texas | #974 | 24 | 1 in 7,294 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 354 spots since 2020 (#674 → #1,028)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1962
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1994 at #117 (3,033 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1960–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 591
- Highest: 1 in 591 boys born in 1997 were named Devon (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,908 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #117 in 1994, was only 1 in 637 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 39.1% of all boys named Devon (28,422) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 86 | #1,481 (1919) | #2,093 |
| 1920s | 257 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,504 |
| 1930s | 334 | #1,020 (1935) | #1,154 |
| 1940s | 313 | #1,135 (1940) | #1,236 |
| 1950s | 474 | #1,002 (1955) | #1,089 |
| 1960s | 1,129 | #598 (1968) | #746 |
| 1970s | 3,101 | #372 (1977) | #467 |
| 1980s | 9,264 | #178 (1989) | #277 |
| 1990s | 28,422 | #117 (1994) | #126 |
| 2000s | 21,636 | #133 (2000) | #189 |
| 2010s | 5,949 | #311 (2010) | #515 |
| 2020s | 1,708 | #674 (2020) | #863 |
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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