Devin
Feminine · “poet”
Devin is given to both — 17,556 girls and 156,250 boys since 1880. See Devin as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Devin for a daughter came in through a boy's name, and the boy's name has two possible parents: an Irish surname meaning poet, and an English county named for a pre-Roman people.
How old is the name Devin?
Devin first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Devin alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 17,000 people named Devin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devin most popular?
Devin peaked in 1991, reaching #238 nationally. Today it ranks #2153, 1,915 places below that high. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
From damh to Devin
The story of Devin
Ó Damháin was an Irish surname anglicized as Devine and Devin, and Irish emigration brought it to America. It crossed into given-name use in the twentieth century and rose sharply for boys through the 1970s and 1980s. Feminine use followed in the ordinary way, and Devin for girls peaked in the early 1990s.
Meaningscholars disagree
poet; of the Dumnonii
The Irish surname Ó Damháin gives 'descendant of Damhán', from damh, 'poet' or 'ox'. A second route reads Devin as a spelling of Devon, the English county, from the tribal name Dumnonii. Both are real, and English spelling collapses them.
How the name formed
- damh
- Ó Damháin
- Devin
Related forms: Ó Damháin · Devon · Devyn
Pronouncing Devin
DEV-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. Devin, Devon and Devyn are said identically in most American accents.
Nicknames for Devin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 19911,162 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #238reached in 1991
- Change vs 2024
- −10.4%86 in 2025, from 96
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Devin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ó Damháin in Irish — related form
- Devon in English — spelling variant
- Devyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Devins among us
people named Devin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,689 born in 2025 was named Devin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Devin
- #2153
- Devin on the 2025 chart
- #693
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Devin went to 86 girls in 2025, but Devyn and Devynn are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 273, which makes it the 693rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,460 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 5,887 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,689 for Devin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Trudy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Devin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trudy climbed just as high around 1946, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trudy's path sketches the road Devin is walking now.
Devin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Devin is headed
Devin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Devin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Devin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The poet reading is unusually attractive for a surname-name.
- Dev is a short, clean, modern-sounding form available immediately.
- It works for either sex, which some families specifically want.
- It is thoroughly unisex and does not signal sex on paper.
- The origin is genuinely split between an Irish surname and an English county.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Devins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,000 people named Devin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Devin?
- Devin is one of 3 recorded spellings. Devyn is the more common one — 172 births in 2025 against 86 for Devin.
- How popular is the name Devin in 2025?
- Devin ranks #2153 among US girl names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Devin?
- About 1 in every 18,689 US girls born in 2025 was named Devin — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Devin with classmates?
- Devin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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