Devan
Devan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. Its best rank was 367th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 530.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1994646 births
- Best rank
- #367in 1994
- Since 1924
- 18,747people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,586 boys have been named Devan in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 646 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 41%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Devan is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (5,161), most of them born around 1991.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Devan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 12 | |
| 1950s | 62 | |
| 1960s | 143 | |
| 1970s | 335 | |
| 1980s | 1,517 | |
| 1990s | 5,503 | |
| 2000s | 4,251 | |
| 2010s | 1,462 | |
| 2020s | 295 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Devan was the 367th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Devan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dejonpeak 1992
- Devonpeak 1997
- Travonpeak 1995
- Zackerypeak 1994
- Tylerpeak 1994
- Zakerypeak 1993
- Zachariepeak 1994
- Devinpeak 1998
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.