Devoe — boys' name
59 babies named Devoe in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Devoe was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Devoe in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Devoe
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Devoe between 1913 and 1990, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devoe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Devoe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Devoe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Devoe 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 59 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.
Devoe at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Devoe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1913
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
59 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 9 births in a single year.
Devoe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 23 births that decade — 39% of Devoe's all-time total
Devoe decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Devoe's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1913–1990 (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.