Devlin — #6517 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Devlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,233 babies named Devlin between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devlin currently holds the #6517 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 140 babies received it in a single year. Devlin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 195 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Devlin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Devlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 248 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Devlin in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Devlin 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 3,233 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.