girls:
29 births since 2013
#5687 (0th percentile)
boys:
184 births since 1952
#4402 (4th percentile)
overall:
213 births since 1952
#7526 (3rd percentile)
The name Devereaux is the #7,526 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 213 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 2.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,402 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 184 births since 1952. For girls, it ranks #5,687 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2013.
Devereaux first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Devereaux is available in 23 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 5 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 Devereaux has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.0% of babies named Devereaux were boys.
For boys, Devereaux reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Devereaux is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #898 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For girls, Devereaux reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #934) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Devereaux ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 87.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devereaux".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Devereaux. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Devereaux is pronounced as DEH-ver-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-vroh, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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