Devell — boys' name
186 babies named Devell in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Devell was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Devell in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Devell
The Social Security Administration has registered 186 babies named Devell between 1965 and 2021, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Devell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Devell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Devell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Devell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 186 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Devell at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Devell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1965
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
186 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 14 births in a single year.
Devell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 76 births that decade — 41% of Devell's all-time total
Devell decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Devell's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Devell by state
Where Devell concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 5.4% |
10 of 186 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.