Mostly girls · peaked in 2000
Devyn name popularity since 1925
16,215 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Devyn (58.1% girls, 41.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Devyn is about 22 years old in 2026. Devyn peaked in 2000 as the #699 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,215
- Named Devyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,295 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 58.1% girls
- 9,422 girls · 6,793 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 2.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Devyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Devyn births per year, 1925–2025
2000 was the biggest year for Devyn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Devyn became 1.7× more common, from 1 in 11,600 baby girls to 1 in 6,950.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Devyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Devyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Devyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 71 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 341 | 195 | #3,440 |
| 1990s | 2,593 | 2,102 | #788 |
| 2000s | 2,776 | 2,876 | #875 |
| 2010s | 2,390 | 1,279 | #1,016 |
| 2020–25 | 1,251 | 341 | #1,295 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
54.0% of babies named Devyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Devyn is most popular
The index compares Devyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Devyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.06× | 320 |
| Florida | 1.66× | 718 |
| California | 1.63× | 2,067 |
| Washington | 1.61× | 323 |
| Texas | 1.50× | 1,405 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Devyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Devyn (this page) | 9,422 | 2000 |
| Devynn | 1,110 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Devyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Devyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Devyn (2000).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data