Recorded 1924–2025 · United States
Devan was most popular in 1991, when 958 American babies were given the name — ranking #575 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,412, with 53 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 18,800 people named Devan.
Devan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1924, which makes it about 101 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 76 of the 102 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 18,800 American births named Devan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 18,285 are estimated to be alive today.
53 American babies were named Devan in 2025, ranking #5,412 that year.
Devan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 64 births a year, against 194 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -67% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Devan is a unisex name — 27.5% of the 18,800 Americans given it were girls and 72.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1983 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 15% girls and 85% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 18,285 Americans named Devan are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 22 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org