girls:
122 births since 1952
#5594 (2nd percentile)
boys:
730 births since 1961
#3857 (16th percentile)
overall:
852 births since 1952
#6887 (11th percentile)
The name Devone is the #6,887 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 852 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,857 (15.8% percentile) for all time with 730 births since 1961. For girls, it ranks #5,594 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1952.
Devone first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Devone is available in 58 out of the 71 years between 1952 and 2022 (51 years for boys and 19 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 Devone has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Devone were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (70.2% girls from 1952 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (89.7% boys from 1969 to 2022).
For boys, Devone reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #739) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Devone reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #856) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devone".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Devone. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Devone is pronounced as deh-VOHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dih-VOHN, at 36.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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