How Many People Are Named Dev?
people named Dev are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,146 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,146 babies named Dev in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
145 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Sanskrit เคฆเฅเคต (deva) meaning "god".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dev in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Dev alive today is about 14 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 20 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Dev first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2009, to 145 babies. In 2025, 126 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Dev has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,235, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #1,427.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,427 |
| Best rank | #1,235 (2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,431 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Dev alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dev were born in California than in any other state: about 433 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dev was given 7.6 times as often in New Jersey, 2.3 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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