Devona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Devona

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,705 babies named Devona between 1912 and 2014, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Devona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Devona performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 793 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Devona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Devona in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Devona 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 2,705 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.