girls:
195 births since 1970
#5521 (3rd percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1957
#2200 (52nd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1957
#4682 (39th percentile)
The name Devlin is the #4,682 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,414 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 39.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,200 (52.0% percentile) for all time with 3,219 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #5,521 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 195 births since 1970.
Devlin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Devlin is available in 64 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (64 years for boys and 30 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 Devlin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.5% of babies named Devlin were boys.
For boys, Devlin reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #748) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 63 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Devlin ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Devlin reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #844) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Devlin ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 54.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devlin".
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