How rare is the name Devon?

78,789 people in the United States have the first name Devon, about 1 in 3,833. It ranks #669 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEVON

#669

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,789
About
1 in 3,833
This common or more
63.7%
Who bears it

Of the 78,789 people named Devon, 57.9% reported their origin as White, 25.1% as Black and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 76.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Devon peaked in 1995, when 4,001 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
4,001
In 2025*
260 ▼94%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 92,976 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Devon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #200. The largest share of babies named Devon, 41.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#4,49786
1920s#2,928262
1930s#2,230356
1940s#2,203439
1950s#1,815876
1960s#1,3191,798
1970s#7135,647
1980s#37914,452
1990s#20036,230
2000s#30924,094
2010s#9186,742
2020s#1,5801,994
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–808.5%
Millennials 1981–9641.6%
Generation Z 1997–1240.8%
2013 and later6.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Devon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Devon has been most common in Delaware (1.9×), Nevada (1.7×), and Colorado (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.43×).

86,602 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Devon

#667 Daniela · 78,946#668 Clifford · 78,907#670 Jillian · 78,761#671 Karina · 78,579

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Devon, most common first.

#386 Devin · 144,827#1,853 Devan · 15,607#2,091 Devyn · 12,889#2,463 Deven · 10,015#7,754 Devona · 1,934#9,717 Devion · 1,414#15,541 Devone · 739#21,512 Deveon · 471

Also a last name

As a last name, Devon ranks #42,381 of 156,621, with 551 people. See Devon as a last name

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