Is Devonta a boy or girl name?

Devonta is a boy’s name. Of the 3,187 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.

Devonta

Recorded 1982–2025 · United States

Devonta was most popular in 1992, when 330 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,220 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,187 people named Devonta.

Devonta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Devonta’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Devonta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Devonta is a boy’s name — 1.1% of the 3,187 Americans given it were girls and 98.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Devonta

Where Devonta 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