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

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Peak · boys
1994 · 3,033 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
72,673
since 1914

Devon over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #233, 1991peak #117, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,45944#1,028216
2024#3,69541#961236
2023#3,32948#901258
2022#3,22050#837291
2021#3,11252#774322
2020#3,09151#674385
2019#3,04353#714342
2018#2,84159#664381
2017#2,57368#619421
2016#2,79861#570491
2015#2,35178#554518
2014#2,26782#525528
2013#2,23683#447644
2012#2,06493#396741
2011#1,898105#350855
2010#1,830111#3111,028
2009#1,785121#2771,236
2008#1,573145#2421,510
2007#1,298188#2101,862
2006#1,268189#1971,985
2005#963256#1912,097
2004#848290#1752,328
2003#764324#1602,527
2002#832280#1602,395
2001#800294#1472,722
2000#658371#1332,974
1999#560447#1253,000
1998#504503#1193,147
1997#437583#1193,189
1996#404650#1272,907
1995#314887#1193,114
1994#371701#1173,033
1993#298915#1272,727
1992#301920#1232,773
1991#2331,205#1322,474
1990#278997#1512,058
1989#395625#1781,716
1988#504443#1901,441
1987#508418#2091,196
1986#491435#2261,053
1985#501405#239977
1984#416510#255851
1983#383579#276750
1982#435502#376460
1981#406550#424384
1980#334721#393436
1979#316757#394410
1978#307760#377417
1977#543329#372442
1976#1,016123#447305
1975#1,074109#450314
1974#1,19893#416352
1973#1,27681#478270
1972#1,14695#571197
1971#1,159100#600191
1970#1,16899#569203
1969#1,21484#603169
1968#1,17185#598161
1967#1,32468#614149
1966#1,21378#678120
1965#1,25274#724105
1964#1,41963#720115
1963#1,16987#757103
1962#1,78241#84181
1961#1,55353#95065
1960#1,88736#97361
1959#1,79438#1,03455
1958#1,76238#1,13146
1957#1,68141#1,21441
1956#1,71738#1,09248
1955#1,55643#1,00256
1954#1,60240#1,00755
1953#1,28857#1,12343
1952#1,86129#1,01350
1951#1,46241#1,19537
1950#1,52437#1,07443
1949#2,01323#1,27532
1948#1,70830#1,32330
1947#2,44817#1,36329
1946#3,21710#1,25731
1945#1,87420#1,13933
1944#2,40114#1,19331
1943#1,18733
1942#3,7387#1,33427
1941#4,4205#1,15233
1940#1,13534
1939#1,27227
1938#1,04338
1937#3,8006#1,11934
1936#1,14233
1935#4,2045#1,02039
1934#1,21330
1933#1,25128
1932#4,4115#1,17533
1931#3,8486#1,12836
1930#1,17336
1929#1,23732
1928#1,48025
1927#1,35030
1926#4,8515#1,24234
1925#1,45126
1924#1,83919
1923#1,64422
1922#1,69521
1921#1,64822
1920#1,45726
1919#1,48124
1918#1,90517
1917#2,09114
1916#2,15213
1915#2,8298
1914#2,10110
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First appearance
1914

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.

Where Devon is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #86 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 366 boysAKMaine: #104 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 566 boysMEVermont: #101 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 450 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Devon, so not publishedNHWashington: #116 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 590 boysWAIdaho: #158 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 768 boysIDMontana: #94 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 368 boysMTNorth Dakota: #112 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 606 boysNDMinnesota: #133 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 910 boysMNIllinois: #136 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 761 boysILWisconsin: #119 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 697 boysWIMichigan: #93 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 498 boysMINew York: #103 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 617 boysNYMassachusetts: #121 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 923 boysMARhode Island: #103 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 545 boysRIOregon: #98 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 458 boysORNevada: #170 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 917 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Devon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #163 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 910 boysSDIowa: #100 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 513 boysIAIndiana: #100 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 519 boysINOhio: #116 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 699 boysOHPennsylvania: #88 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 518 boysPANew Jersey: #111 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 774 boysNJConnecticut: #120 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 829 boysCTCalifornia: #208 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 1,209 boysCAUtah: #166 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 919 boysUTColorado: #110 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 505 boysCONebraska: #163 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,059 boysNEMissouri: #132 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 793 boysMOKentucky: #136 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 917 boysKYWest Virginia: #161 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,147 boysWVVirginia: #97 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 539 boysVAMaryland: #86 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 460 boysMDDelaware: #116 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 669 boysDEArizona: #145 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 707 boysAZNew Mexico: #180 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 884 boysNMKansas: #122 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 619 boysKSArkansas: #161 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 880 boysARTennessee: #187 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,219 boysTNNorth Carolina: #114 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 667 boysNCSouth Carolina: #108 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 581 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #97 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 395 boysDCOklahoma: #148 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 795 boysOKLouisiana: #168 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 794 boysLAMississippi: #160 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 762 boysMSAlabama: #214 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,256 boysALGeorgia: #142 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 772 boysGAHawaii: #227 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,160 boysHITexas: #268 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 1,446 boysTXFlorida: #133 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 795 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#86 · 1 in 366
  2. Maryland#86 · 1 in 460
  3. Pennsylvania#88 · 1 in 518
  4. Michigan#93 · 1 in 498
  5. Montana#94 · 1 in 368

Best ever in a state: #52 in Maine, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#86121 in 366
Maryland#86711 in 460
Pennsylvania#881551 in 518
Michigan#931381 in 498
Montana#94121 in 368
District of Columbia#97201 in 395
Virginia#97781 in 539
Oregon#98431 in 458
Indiana#100771 in 519
Iowa#100351 in 513
Vermont#10171 in 450
New York#1032181 in 617
Rhode Island#103121 in 545
Maine#104131 in 566
South Carolina#108401 in 581
Colorado#110481 in 505
New Jersey#111691 in 774
North Dakota#11271 in 606
North Carolina#114691 in 667
Delaware#11671 in 669
Ohio#1161141 in 699
Washington#116611 in 590
Wisconsin#119471 in 697
Connecticut#120261 in 829
Massachusetts#121451 in 923
Kansas#122261 in 619
Missouri#132471 in 793
Florida#1331121 in 795
Minnesota#133341 in 910
Illinois#1361151 in 761
Kentucky#136271 in 917
Georgia#142631 in 772
Arizona#145431 in 707
Oklahoma#148261 in 795
Idaho#15891 in 768
Mississippi#160221 in 762
Arkansas#161171 in 880
West Virginia#16191 in 1,147
Nebraska#163101 in 1,059
South Dakota#16351 in 910
Utah#166181 in 919
Louisiana#168391 in 794
Nevada#170101 in 917
New Mexico#180131 in 884
Tennessee#187291 in 1,219
California#2082381 in 1,209
Alabama#214211 in 1,256
Hawaii#22761 in 1,160
Texas#2681061 in 1,446
New Hampshire
Wyoming

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 Devon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1994 at #117 (3,033 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1960–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 591
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 39.1% of all boys named Devon (28,422) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
  • Mostly girls until 1982, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s86#1,481 (1919)#2,093
1920s257#1,237 (1929)#1,504
1930s334#1,020 (1935)#1,154
1940s313#1,135 (1940)#1,236
1950s474#1,002 (1955)#1,089
1960s1,129#598 (1968)#746
1970s3,101#372 (1977)#467
1980s9,264#178 (1989)#277
1990s28,422#117 (1994)#126
2000s21,636#133 (2000)#189
2010s5,949#311 (2010)#515
2020s1,708#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 1991

girls
#233
1,205 births · 1 in 1,556 girls
boys
#132
2,474 births · 1 in 817 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #233Devon1,205

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #132Devon2,474
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,556 of them was named Devon, which outranked 98.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devon
  1. #230Carmen1,235
  2. #231Robin1,233
  3. #232Jacquelyn1,212
  4. #233Devon1,205
  5. #234Gabriella1,194
  6. #235Virginia1,191
  7. #236Janet1,186
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 817 of them was named Devon, which outranked 98.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devon
  1. #129Eduardo2,522
  2. #130Isaac2,500
  3. #131Manuel2,498
  4. #132Devon2,474
  5. #133Connor2,462
  6. #134Oscar2,445
  7. #135Craig2,399
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991