Recorded 1974–2025 · United States
Devyn was most popular in 2000, when 664 American babies were given the name — ranking #807 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,098, with 217 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 16,215 people named Devyn.
Devyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1974, which makes it about 51 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 52 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 16,215 American births named Devyn 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 15,981 are estimated to be alive today.
217 American babies were named Devyn in 2025, ranking #2,098 that year.
Devyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 263 births a year, against 399 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -34% 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 Devyn is a unisex name — 58.1% of the 16,215 Americans given it were girls and 41.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2009 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 76% girls and 24% 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 15,981 Americans named Devyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 14 and 28.
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