girls:
17.4k births since 1952
#1128 (80th percentile)
boys:
155.1k births since 1947
#219 (95th percentile)
overall:
172.5k births since 1947
#437 (94th percentile)
The name Devin is the #437 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 172,452 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 94.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #219 (95.2% percentile) for all time with 155,078 births since 1947. For girls, it ranks #1,128 (80.3% percentile) for all time with 17,374 births since 1952.
Devin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for boys and 1952 for girls).
The name Devin has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.0% of babies named Devin were boys.
For boys, Devin reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 92.9% percentile (ranked #58) with 3,078 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3,078 births per million (ranked 92.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Devin ranks #417 for boys (54.3% percentile) with 362 births per million, which is 11.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Devin reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 73.0% percentile (ranked #230) with 571 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 571 births per million (ranked 73.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Devin ranks #862 for girls (9.0% percentile) with 51 births per million, which is 9.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Devin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.3% confident that Devin is pronounced as DEH-vihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-vuhn, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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