Devontae

Where Devontae comes from

The dictionaries list Devontae as a given name — a male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1986
    First appearance
    #5,332 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Peak, #708
    211 babies named Devontae — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1996
    Devontae Cacok born
    American basketball player
  4. 1998
    Devontae Shuler born
    American basketball player
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,414.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Devontae Cacok · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Devontae Shuler · American basketball player, born 1998
  • Devontae Booker · American football player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.