Devan Boy
How popular is Devan?
#2,516 boy name in 2025
53 baby boys were named Devan in the US in 2025, making it the 2516th most popular boy name.
Devan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,516 for boys (▲ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 53 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,416 in 2015, #1,996 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (646 boys) |
| Highest rank | #367 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 85% boys, 15% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Devan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Devin family of names ranked #371 for boys in 2025 (#356 the year before), with 873 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Devin | 548 | 63% |
| Devon | 216 | 25% |
| Devan | 53 | 6% |
| Deven | 43 | 5% |
| Deavon | 7 | 1% |
| Devyne | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Devan is most popular
Babies named Devan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Devan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,297 |
| 1950s | 62 | #2,529 |
| 1960s | 143 | #1,654 |
| 1970s | 335 | #1,066 |
| 1980s | 1,517 | #505 |
| 1990s | 5,503 | #367 |
| 2000s | 4,251 | #472 |
| 2010s | 1,462 | #877 |
| 2020s | 348 | #1,996 |
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Questions
- Is Devan a boy or girl name?
- Devan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Devan were boys.
- How popular is the name Devan?
- 53 baby boys were named Devan in the US in 2025, making it the 2516th most popular boy name.
- When was Devan most popular?
- Devan peaked in 1994, when 646 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #367 in 1994.
- How many people are named Devan?
- 18,800 babies have been named Devan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,309 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Devan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Devan was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.