girls:
22 births since 1991
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
269 births since 1987
#4317 (6th percentile)
overall:
291 births since 1987
#7448 (4th percentile)
The name Devian is the #7,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 291 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,317 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 269 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1991.
Devian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Devian is available in 28 out of the 36 years between 1987 and 2022 (27 years for boys and 4 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 Devian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Devian reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #812) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Devian reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #884) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Devian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Devian is pronounced as DEH-vee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-vee-uhn, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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