Devon
Devon is ranked 955th among boys in 2024 (236 births). Its best rank was 117th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- #955down 48 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2360.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19973,189 births
- Best rank
- #117in 1994
- Since 1914
- 92,706people given the name
The story in the numbers
72,448 boys have been named Devon in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 3,189 births — 0.17% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 527 → 955).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 39%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Devon is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (20,258), most of them born around 1991.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Devon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 86 | |
| 1920s | 257 | |
| 1930s | 334 | |
| 1940s | 313 | |
| 1950s | 474 | |
| 1960s | 1,131 | |
| 1970s | 3,101 | |
| 1980s | 9,263 | |
| 1990s | 28,421 | |
| 2000s | 21,635 | |
| 2010s | 5,946 | |
| 2020s | 1,487 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Devon was the 119th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Devon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zackerypeak 1994
- Devanpeak 1994
- Devinpeak 1998
- Travonpeak 1995
- Dejonpeak 1992
- Tylerpeak 1994
- Dandrepeak 2000
- Brendonpeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.