Devinn — boys' name
273 babies named Devinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
273 boys have been named Devinn since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2016.
- 273
- total births
- 1987–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Devinn was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Devinn in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Devinn
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Devinn between 1987 and 2016, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devinn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Devinn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 100 additional births since 1979.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Devinn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Devinn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Devinn 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 273 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.
Devinn at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Devinn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1987
- Peak year (1991)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
273 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 21 births in a single year.
Devinn popularity over time — girls
100 total births recorded since 1979 (Devinn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Devinn accounts for 27% of total recorded use across both genders.
Devinn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 141 births that decade — 52% of Devinn's all-time total
Devinn decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Devinn's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2016 (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.