Devina
Feminine · “divine”
Devina is Latin divina, divine — and the Sanskrit devi, a goddess, comes from the very same ancient root.
How old is the name Devina?
Devina first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Devina alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 1,500 people named Devina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devina most popular?
Devina peaked in 1998, reaching #2929 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 1,732 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Devina
Ours, offered as ours. Deiwos meant the bright sky, and it produced the word for god in most of the family that descends from it — Latin deus and Jupiter, Sanskrit deva, Greek Zeus, Old Norse Tyr, who gives Tuesday. So Latin divina and Sanskrit devi are not merely similar; they are the same inherited word, separated by five thousand years and eight thousand kilometres, still meaning the same thing.
Meaning
divine
From Latin divinus, of a god, on deus; the Indo-European root deiwos, a shining sky god, gives Latin deus, Sanskrit deva, Greek Zeus and the Norse tivar. Sanskrit devi, a goddess, is the same word.
Pronouncing Devina
deh-VEE-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say deh-VY-nah.
Nicknames for Devina
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
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 202249 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2929reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- −6.5%29 in 2025, from 31
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.
Devina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Divina in Latin — related form
- Devi in Sanskrit — related form
- Divina in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Devinas among us
people named Devina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Devina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mellody test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Devina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mellody climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mellody's path sketches the road Devina is walking now.
Devina 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 Devina is headed
Devina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Devina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Devina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with an unusually deep and well documented root.
- Devi and Dev are both complete names in their own right.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly in most languages.
- The stressed vowel is unsettled between VEE and VY.
- Devina, Davina and Divina are all in use and get confused.
- The meaning is a strong claim, which some families will weigh.
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Feminine · #4661 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Devinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Devina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Devina in 2025?
- Devina ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Devina?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Devina — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Devina with classmates?
- Devina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Devina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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