girls:
5.1k births since 1968
#2350 (59th percentile)
boys:
13.5k births since 1924
#999 (78th percentile)
overall:
18.7k births since 1924
#1881 (76th percentile)
The name Devan is the #1,881 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,679 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 75.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #999 (78.2% percentile) for all time with 13,530 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #2,350 (58.9% percentile) for all time with 5,149 births since 1968.
Devan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Devan is available in 74 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (74 years for boys and 53 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Devan has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 84.7% of babies named Devan were boys.
For boys, Devan reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 54.6% percentile (ranked #353) with 317 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 317 births per million (ranked 54.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Devan ranks #866 for boys (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 8.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Devan reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 46.6% percentile (ranked #454) with 221 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 221 births per million (ranked 46.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Devan ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 2.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Devan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Devan is pronounced as DEH-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-vuhn, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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