Unisex name · since 1987
Devinn
Devinn has 273 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 273
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Devinn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 273 recorded since 1987.
Devinn has 273 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1987 to 2016.
- #11,170 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 273 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devinn ranks #11,170 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 273 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 273
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Devinn's 273 recorded births place it above 75.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Devinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Devinn's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Devinn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2016
- Peak year (1991)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Devinn popularity over time - girls
100 total births recorded since 1979 (Devinn as girls' name)
Devinn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (141 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Devinn's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Devinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
141 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 141 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Devinn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Devinn: 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 (~29 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, 1987–2016 (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 Devinn 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.