Unisex name · since 1952
Devereaux
223 babies named Devereaux in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,315 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,652 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 223
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Devereaux is the #5652 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 223 recorded since 1952.
Devereaux has 223 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5652 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #12,315 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,652 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 223 born since 1952
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devereaux ranks #12,315 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,652 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 223 born since 1952, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,315 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,652 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 223
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Devereaux's 223 recorded births place it above 72.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Devereaux compares
223 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Devereaux's all-time total is 40% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Devereaux | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 223 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Devereaux's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Devereaux splits its recorded history at 2011: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Devereaux popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Devereaux popularity over time - girls
35 total births recorded since 2013 (Devereaux as girls' name)
Devereaux by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Devereaux's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Devereaux births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (40% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Devereaux: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Devereaux 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.