Devlin
Recorded 1957–2025 · United States
Devlin was most popular in 2007, when 146 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,727 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,442 people named Devlin.
Devlin over time
How old is the name Devlin?
Devlin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1957, which makes it about 68 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 69 years since.
How many people are named Devlin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,442 American births named Devlin 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 3,329 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Devlin in 2025?
13 American babies were named Devlin in 2025, ranking #13,540 that year.
Is Devlin getting more or less popular?
Devlin is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 22 births a year, against 75 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -71% 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.
Is Devlin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Devlin is mostly a boy’s name — 5.7% of the 3,442 Americans given it were girls and 94.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 11% girls and 89% 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.
How old is someone named Devlin?
Roughly 3,329 Americans named Devlin are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 17 and 33.
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.
Where Devlin is most concentrated
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