Girls' name · since 1950
Devonda
231 babies named Devonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Devonda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 231 recorded since 1950.
Devonda has 231 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1992.
- #18,351 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 231 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devonda ranks #18,351 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Devonda's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Devonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Devonda's full recorded timeline at 1974, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Devonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1992
- Peak year (1974)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Devonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (96 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Devonda's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Devonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 96 births (42% of all-time use).
Devonda by state
Where Devonda concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
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What to do with Devonda's data
- Devonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Devondas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Devonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1950–1992 (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 Devonda 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.