Girls' name · since 1986

Divinity

Divinity has 1,188 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#6,663 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,624 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,188
born since 1986
2010s
peak decade

Divinity currently ranks #2624 among girls' names in America, with 1,188 babies recorded since 1986.

Divinity has 1,188 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2624 as of the latest data, more common than 85% 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 1986 to 2025.

  • #6,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,624 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,188 born since 1986
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Divinity ranks #6,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,188 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.

#6,663 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,624 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,188
born since 1986
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%84.8%
Divinity vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Divinity's 1,188 recorded births place it above 90.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Divinity compares

1,188 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

Divinity's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Divinity Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,188 376 567,345
Peak-year births 87 21 19,840

Divinity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Divinity's full recorded timeline at 2009, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 87 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Divinity popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
87
Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
020406080100 19861997200220072012201720222025 66

Divinity by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (417 births, 35% of the file).

2010s was Divinity's strongest decade.

417 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Divinity births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 417 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Divinity 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 Divinity's total volume

Divinity vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25%30% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -31, 7.6%-34, 10.7%-20, 11.8%-46, 6.8%-29, 6.3%-70, 7.8%-113, 8.7%-74, 5%-28, 9.9%-53, 6.9%-32, 8.1%-52, 5.3%-65, 14.2%-29, 25.9%-108, 8.7%Divinity-40, 7.3%Divinity
Divinity vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Divinity by state

Where Divinity concentrates geographically, total births since 1986

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Divinity
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
108 9.1%
#2 Texas
78 6.6%
#3 Georgia
28 2.4%
#4 Florida
17 1.4%
#5 Pennsylvania
11 0.9%
#6 Arizona
10 0.8%
#7 New York
10 0.8%
#8 Colorado
5 0.4%
California share of Divinity's total US births 9.1%
Even split

108 of 1,188 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Divinity appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Divinity?
Divinity has been given to 1,188 babies in the U.S. since 1986, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #6,663 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #2,624 of 17,297. 87 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Divinity sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Divinity ranks #6,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Divinity most popular?
Divinity was most popular in the 2010s decade with 417 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Divinity most popular?
The top states for the name Divinity are California (108 births), Texas (78 births), Georgia (28 births).
How long has the name Divinity been used?
Divinity has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 40 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Divinity?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Divya, Divine, Divina, Diva, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Divinity's data

  • Divinity's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (417 total births) through the 2020s (393) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Divinitys (108 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.

Keep exploring Divinity

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Divinity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1986–2025 (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 Divinity 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.