How rare is the name Devorah?

3,651 people in the United States have the first name Devorah, about 1 in 82,726. It ranks #4,900 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DEVORAH

#4,900

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,651
About
1 in 82,726
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,651 people named Devorah, 87.9% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Devorah peaked in 2025, when 163 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19412025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
163
In 2025*
163
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,789 babies have been given the name since 1941. 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.

Devorah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,794. The largest share of babies named Devorah, 34.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#6,66655
1950s#4,370167
1960s#4,813168
1970s#3,915321
1980s#3,328522
1990s#3,516670
2000s#3,549915
2010s#3,2981,121
2020s#2,794850
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–646%
Generation X 1965–809.4%
Millennials 1981–9619.4%
Generation Z 1997–1230.2%
2013 and later34.7%

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 Devorah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Devorah has been most common in New York (9.4×), New Jersey (7.7×), and Florida (0.28×), and least common in California (0.25×).

3,611 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.

Exactly as common as Devorah

1 other first name also has 3,651 people.

#4,900 Arlyn · 3,651

Either side of Devorah

#4,898 Quynh · 3,653#4,900 Arlyn · 3,651#4,902 Addy · 3,650#4,903 Maris · 3,649

Spelled almost the same

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

#66 Deborah · 622,217#1,251 Debora · 30,023#4,082 Debrah · 4,741#6,457 Devora · 2,485#13,197 Deborrah · 921#14,042 Devra · 846#20,881 Debborah · 491#26,339 Deberah · 354

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