Devry — boys' name
27 babies named Devry in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 boys have been named Devry since 1960, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1992.
- 27
- total births
- 1960–1992
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Devry was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Devry in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Devry
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Devry between 1960 and 1992, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Devry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Devry is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Devry performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Devry shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Devry 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 27 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.
Devry at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Devry popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1960
- Peak year (1963)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
27 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 7 births in a single year.
Devry popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1991 (Devry as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Devry accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Devry by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 17 births that decade — 63% of Devry's all-time total
Devry decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Devry's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.