Devon — #956 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Devon

The Social Security Administration has registered 72,448 babies named Devon between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devon currently holds the #956 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 3,189 babies received it in a single year. Devon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20,258 additional births since 1926.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Devon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 28,421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Devon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,359 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Devon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Devon 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 72,448 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.