Girls' name · since 1989
Devaney
178 babies named Devaney in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
178 girls have been named Devaney since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Devaney has 178 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2024.
- #21,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 178 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devaney ranks #21,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Devaney's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Devaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Devaney's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Devaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Devaney by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Devaney's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Devaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Devaney's decade-level peak was the 1990s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Devaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Devaney draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.