How Many People Are Named Devan?
people named Devan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,710 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,800 babies named Devan in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
958 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DEVIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Devan in English. Counting Devan and these spellings together, about 118,937 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Devan, 27.7% were girls and 72.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 8.9% of the babies were girls then and 13% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Devan alive today is about 28 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Devan first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1991, to 958 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Devan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #367, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #2,522. Among girls, its best rank was #520, in 1991.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,522 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #367 (1994) | #520 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #419 in the 1990s | #770 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Devan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Devan were born in California than in any other state: about 1,634 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Devan was given 2.5 times as often in Utah, 1.7 times in Kentucky and 1.6 times in Idaho.
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