girls:
82 births since 1957
#5634 (1st percentile)
boys:
265 births since 1958
#4321 (6th percentile)
overall:
347 births since 1957
#7392 (4th percentile)
The name Devery is the #7,392 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 347 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,321 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 265 births since 1958. For girls, it ranks #5,634 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 82 births since 1957.
Devery first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1958 for boys). Birth data for Devery is available in 34 out of the 56 years between 1957 and 2012 (30 years for boys and 13 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 Devery has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Devery were boys. Interestingly, until around 1958, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1957 to 1957), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.7% boys from 1958 to 2012).
For boys, Devery reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #637) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
For girls, Devery reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #764) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devery".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Devery. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Devery is pronounced as DEH-ver-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-vree, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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