Devona
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,705since 1912
Devona over time
Rank among girls' names. Devona has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 |
| 1977 | #1,429 | 78 |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 |
| 1975 | #1,291 | 86 |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 |
| 1971 | #1,187 | 96 |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 |
| 1967 | #1,559 | 52 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Devona! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2006–2007, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Devona is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#549 · 1 in 4,724
- Florida#826 · 1 in 7,202
- Ohio#830 · 1 in 10,019
- Michigan#943 · 1 in 11,423
- Texas#1,274 · 1 in 14,352
Best ever in a state: #377 in Virginia, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #549 | 7 | 1 in 4,724 |
| Florida | #826 | 6 | 1 in 7,202 |
| Ohio | #830 | 7 | 1 in 10,019 |
| Michigan | #943 | 5 | 1 in 11,423 |
| Texas | #1,274 | 7 | 1 in 14,352 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Devona
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1970 at #1,182 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,952 girls born in 1975 were named Devona (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,182 in 1970, was only 1 in 18,022 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.3% of all girls named Devona (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 65 | #2,164 (1913) | #2,987 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,771 (1927) | #2,423 |
| 1930s | 158 | #1,754 (1932) | #2,115 |
| 1940s | 155 | #1,477 (1940) | #2,632 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,794 (1950) | #2,202 |
| 1960s | 373 | #1,347 (1968) | #2,069 |
| 1970s | 793 | #1,182 (1970) | #1,384 |
| 1980s | 380 | #1,981 (1980) | #2,649 |
| 1990s | 312 | #2,174 (1990) | #4,425 |
| 2000s | 66 | #8,196 (2001) | #11,875 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Devona in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 19,656 of them was named Devona, which outranked 87.4% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,414Tarra79
- #1,414Treva79
- #1,414Viviana79
- #1,429Devona78
- #1,429Alexia78
- #1,429Aracely78
- #1,429Brett78
- #1,440Althea77
- #1,440Andrew77
- #1,440Danyel77
Tied with 10 names at #1,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.