Girls' name · since 1909
Devota
Since 1909, U.S. Social Security records show 200 babies named Devota, peaking in 1929. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1909
- 1910s
- peak decade
200 girls have been named Devota since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Devota has 200 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 1952.
- #19,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1909
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Devota ranks #19,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1909, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1909
- 1910s
- peak decade
Devota's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Devota's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Devota's full recorded timeline at 1928, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1929 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Devota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–1952
- Peak year (1929)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Devota by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (57 births, 28% of the file).
1910s was Devota's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Devota births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s
1930s
46 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 57 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Devota's data
- Devota's decade-level peak was the 1910s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Devota: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1909–1952 (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 Devota 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.