girls:
4.5k births since 1941
#2545 (55th percentile)
overall:
4.5k births since 1941
#4088 (47th percentile)
The name Devorah is the #4,088 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,466 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 47.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,545 (55.5% percentile) for all time with 4,466 births since 1941.
Devorah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (first recorded for girls in 1941). Birth data for Devorah is available in 80 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Devorah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 14.5% percentile (ranked #804) with 80 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 80 births per million (ranked 14.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Devorah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #813 (14.2% percentile) with 79 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Devorah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Devorah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.7% confident that Devorah is pronounced as DEH-ver-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-VAW-ruh, at 17.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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