Girls' name · since 1941
Devorah
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 4,789 babies named Devorah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,355 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,789
- born since 1941
- 2010s
- peak decade
Devorah currently ranks #1355 among girls' names in America, with 4,789 babies recorded since 1941.
Devorah has 4,789 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1355 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2025.
- #2,653 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,355 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,789 born since 1941
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devorah ranks #2,653 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,355 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,789 born since 1941, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,355 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,789
- born since 1941
- 2010s
- peak decade
Devorah's 4,789 recorded births place it above 96.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Devorah compares
4,789 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Devorah's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Devorah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,789 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 163 | 21 | 19,840 |
Devorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Devorah's full recorded timeline at 1985, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 163 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Devorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 163
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Devorah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,121 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Devorah's strongest decade.
1,121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Devorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 55
1940s
55 births
- 1950s 167
1950s
167 births
- 1960s 168
1960s
168 births
- 1970s 321
1970s
321 births
- 1980s
1980s
522 births
- 1990s
1990s
670 births
- 2000s
2000s
915 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,121 births
- 2020s
2020s
850 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,121 births (23% of all-time use).
How Devorah 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 Devorah's total volume
Devorah by state
Where Devorah concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,663 | 55.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 779 | 16.3% |
| #3 | California | | 93 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 35 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 16 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 10 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.1% |
2,663 of 4,789 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Devorah's data
- Devorah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,121 total births) through the 2020s (850) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Devorahs (2,663 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Devorah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~84 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, 1941–2025 (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 Devorah 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.