Dev
Dev is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 134 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1340.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2009145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 3,020people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,020 boys have been named Dev in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 145 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2009, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Dev was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Dev
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johanpeak 2016
- Malachipeak 2006
- Aryanpeak 2007
- Cianpeak 2007
- Canonpeak 2019
- Daylenpeak 2010
- Suryapeak 2009
- Hadipeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.