Divine
- #1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births
- #2,125 for boys in 2025, 68 births
- Given to girls 57.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,487since 1986
Divine over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,880 | 104 | #2,125 | 68 |
| 2024 | #2,011 | 97 | #1,631 | 104 |
| 2023 | #1,780 | 114 | #1,701 | 99 |
| 2022 | #1,754 | 118 | #1,695 | 101 |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | #1,931 | 78 |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 87 | #1,954 | 75 |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #1,964 | 101 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #2,206 | 87 | #2,838 | 42 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,236 | 83 | #3,060 | 36 |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | #2,488 | 50 |
| 2011 | #2,238 | 84 | #3,114 | 36 |
| 2010 | #2,152 | 91 | #2,511 | 49 |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #2,328 | 82 | #2,564 | 48 |
| 2006 | #2,396 | 78 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | #2,697 | 39 |
| 2003 | #2,301 | 73 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #2,126 | 79 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,013 | 84 | #2,151 | 48 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | #1,875 | 56 |
| 1999 | #2,182 | 69 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five girls were named Divine! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1988–1990, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Divine 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.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| New York | #1,418 | 9 | 1 in 8,703 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 16 | 1 in 10,034 |
| California | #1,575 | 14 | 1 in 11,552 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 131 spots since 2024 (#2,011 → #1,880)
- 128 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #1,880)
- 471 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #1,880)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2020 at #1,752 (114 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,899
- Highest: 1 in 13,899 girls born in 2022 were named Divine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,454 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,752 in 2020, was only 1 in 14,180 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 34.6% of all girls named Divine (860) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 | #9,825 (1987) | #10,845 |
| 1990s | 185 | #2,182 (1999) | #6,520 |
| 2000s | 774 | #2,013 (2001) | #2,294 |
| 2010s | 860 | #1,964 (2017) | #2,205 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,752 (2020) | #1,844 |
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.
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