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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
See more about Devon
- 67 spots since 2024 (#961 → #1,028)
- 354 spots since 2020 (#674 → #1,028)
- 474 spots since 2015 (#554 → #1,028)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1962 (#950 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 2021 (#674 → #774)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1994 at #117 (3,033 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1960–2024
- 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
- 39.1% of all boys named Devon (28,422) were born in this decade
- 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.
Devon in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 38,085 of them was named Devon, which outranked 79.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,533Thresa54
- #1,533Treasa54
- #1,533Zina54
- #1,553Devon53
- #1,553Carlyn53
- #1,553Cherlyn53
- #1,553Darby53
- #1,568Alexandria52
- #1,568Genia52
- #1,568Gia52
Tied with 14 names at #1,553; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 32,680 of them was named Devon, which outranked 79.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).