Devontay

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1992 · 84 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
895
since 1988

Devontay over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Devontay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #1,228, 1992boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#9,8947
2023#7,73810
2022#7,76810
2021#6,03214
2020#5,45116
2019#7,64310
2018#6,70312
2017#10,7756
2016#6,34913
2015#7,06611
2014#8,1309
2013#7,53710
2012#8,1589
2011#4,98318
2010#6,69812
2009#4,92219
2008#4,71420
2007#4,80819
2006#5,52515
2005#4,19821
2004#4,79317
2003#3,62624
2002#2,42841
2001#2,27744
2000#2,52537
1999#1,99548
1998#2,39436
1997#1,73056
1996#1,84249
1995#1,58858
1994#1,86845
1993#1,82446
1992#1,22884
1991#3,10520
1990#4,40712
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
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First appearance
1988

The first year at least five boys were named Devontay! It came in at #6,426, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Devontay is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,092 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,523 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedALGeorgia: #729 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,918 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Devontay, so not publishedHITexas: #1,383 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 25,518 boysTXFlorida: #1,101 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,981 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#729 · 1 in 6,918
  2. Illinois#1,092 · 1 in 16,523
  3. Florida#1,101 · 1 in 16,981
  4. Texas#1,383 · 1 in 25,518

Best ever in a state: #444 in Mississippi, 1992.

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Georgia#72971 in 6,918
Illinois#1,09251 in 16,523
Florida#1,10151 in 16,981
Texas#1,38361 in 25,518
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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 Devontay
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #12,008)
  • 6,557 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #12,008)
  • 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1988
  • Peaked 1992 at #1,228 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,779
  • Highest: 1 in 23,779 boys born in 1992 were named Devontay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 50.7% of all boys named Devontay (454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s12#6,426 (1988)#6,684
1990s454#1,228 (1992)#2,198
2000s257#2,277 (2001)#3,982
2010s110#4,983 (2011)#7,404
2020s62#5,451 (2020)#8,149

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.

Devontay in 1995

boys
#1,588
58 births · 1 in 32,822 boys

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,588Devontay58
More about 1995

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 32,822 of them was named Devontay, which outranked 84.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devontay
  1. #1,577Rohit59
  2. #1,577Shae59
  3. #1,577Wolfgang59
  4. #1,588Devontay58
  5. #1,588Dashon58
  6. #1,588Demarkus58
  7. #1,588Eamon58
  8. #1,603Aditya57
  9. #1,603Boston57
  10. #1,603Campbell57

Tied with 14 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →