Devonta
- Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783
- #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 320 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,151since 1982
Devonta over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Devonta has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,891 | 27 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,193 | 36 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,510 | 30 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,105 | 37 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,561 | 30 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,150 | 60 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,325 | 50 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,611 | 78 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,474 | 86 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,379 | 92 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,027 | 142 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,013 | 138 | |
| 1998 | — | #927 | 152 | |
| 1997 | — | #886 | 156 | |
| 1996 | — | #700 | 227 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #677 | 243 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #611 | 294 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #588 | 306 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #570 | 320 |
| 1991 | — | #1,467 | 60 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Devonta! It came in at #5,003, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1984, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Devonta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Devonta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 534 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #4,707)
- 1,571 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 897 spots in 1992
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1992 at #570 (320 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1992–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,242
- Highest: 1 in 6,242 boys born in 1992 were named Devonta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 61.3% of all boys named Devonta (1,933) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89 | #2,469 (1989) | #4,475 |
| 1990s | 1,933 | #570 (1992) | #945 |
| 2000s | 657 | #1,027 (2000) | #2,256 |
| 2010s | 329 | #2,632 (2010) | #3,397 |
| 2020s | 143 | #3,136 (2020) | #4,450 |
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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