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
Show data for
Peak · boys
1992 · 320 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,151
since 1982

Devonta over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Devonta has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #570, 1992boys
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,70721
2024#5,24118
2023#3,80229
2022#4,70121
2021#5,11018
2020#3,13636
2019#4,11425
2018#3,89127
2017#3,19336
2016#3,52431
2015#3,14936
2014#3,09036
2013#3,33932
2012#3,53030
2011#3,51030
2010#2,63246
2009#3,10537
2008#3,56130
2007#3,79327
2006#2,15060
2005#2,32550
2004#2,13155
2003#1,61178
2002#1,47486
2001#1,37992
2000#1,027142
1999#1,013138
1998#927152
1997#886156
1996#700227
1995#11,7836#677243
1994#8,8049#611294
1993#7,49811#588306
1992#8,06510#570320
1991#1,46760
1990#2,01237
1989#2,46926
1988#3,91512
1987#2,94217
1986#5,9266
1985#4,3339
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#5,0037
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

See more about Devonta
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 534 spots since 2024 (#5,241#4,707)
  • 1,571 spots since 2020 (#3,136#4,707)
  • 1,558 spots since 2015 (#3,149#4,707)
  • Biggest jump: 897 spots in 1992 (#1,467#570)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1997 (#700#886)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s89#2,469 (1989)#4,475
1990s1,933#570 (1992)#945
2000s657#1,027 (2000)#2,256
2010s329#2,632 (2010)#3,397
2020s143#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.

Devonta in 1982

boys
#5,003
7 births · 1 in 259,207 boys

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #5,003Devonta7
More about 1982

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 259,207 of them was named Devonta, which outranked 32.1% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devonta
  1. #4,593Zackariah8
  2. #4,593Zahir8
  3. #4,593Zubair8
  4. #5,003Devonta7
  5. #5,003Aamir7
  6. #5,003Aaren7
  7. #5,003Abdulla7
  8. #5,619Aaran6
  9. #5,619Aashish6
  10. #5,619Abayomi6

Tied with 615 names at #5,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982