Girls' name · since 1929
Devonna
1,747 babies named Devonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,747
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Devonna is the #15124 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,747 recorded since 1929.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devonna has been recorded 1,747 times among girls since 1929, currently ranked #15124 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 2025.
- #5,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,124 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,747 born since 1929
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devonna ranks #5,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,124 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,747 born since 1929, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,747
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
Devonna's 1,747 recorded births place it above 92.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Devonna compares
1,747 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Devonna's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Devonna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Devonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Devonna's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Devonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Devonna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (373 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Devonna's strongest decade.
373 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Devonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 40
1930s
40 births
- 1940s 74
1940s
74 births
- 1950s
1950s
178 births
- 1960s
1960s
258 births
- 1970s
1970s
286 births
- 1980s
1980s
279 births
- 1990s
1990s
373 births
- 2000s 139
2000s
139 births
- 2010s 93
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 373 births (21% of all-time use).
How Devonna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Devonna's total volume
Devonna by state
Where Devonna concentrates geographically, total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 26 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.3% |
40 of 1,747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Devonna's data
- Devonna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (373 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Devonnas (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Devonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~96 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, 1929–2025 (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 Devonna 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.