Devion
Masculine
Devion is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,868 boys against 26 girls since 1880.
Coinage is syllable engineering. Devon has two syllables, Devion has three, and the only change is an inserted i that adds a beat without adding a sound anyone can point to. American naming tunes syllable count the way it tunes everything else, and the extra beat is the whole difference between the two names.
How old is the name Devion?
Devion first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Devion alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,800 people named Devion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devion most popular?
Devion peaked in 2001, reaching #1242 nationally. Today it ranks #8243, 7,001 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
Where it comes from
From Devon to Devion
Our story of Devion
Our reading is that syllable count is one of the least discussed variables in American naming and one of the most consistently manipulated. Girls' names have grown longer over the last fifty years, from two syllables to three and four; boys' names have stayed shorter but have acquired an extra beat in the middle of the same period, which is where Devion, Davion, Trevion and Jamarion come from. The device is simple: insert an i before the final syllable, which English reads as a separate vowel, and a two-syllable name becomes three. Nothing else changes. The consonants are the same, the stress is usually the same, and the name is recognizably the one it came from. What the extra syllable buys is a rhythm that matches the longer names around it, which is the same reason coinages acquire endings.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Devion is an American formation, an elaboration of Devon or Devin with an inserted i. Devon is an English county name of Celtic origin, from the Dumnonii, a British tribe whose own name is not securely explained; Devin is an Irish surname. Neither meaning survives the respelling, and Devion carries none of its own. It peaks in 2001.
How the name formed
- Devon
- Devion
Pronouncing Devion
duh-VEE-on
Three syllables, stress on the second. DEV-ee-on with the stress at the front is also used. Devion, Deveon and Devionne are all in circulation and none dominates.
Nicknames for Devion
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
- 1984
- Most boys named
- 2001107 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1242reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −35.7%9 in 2025, from 14
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.
Devion in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Michigan, Ohio.
Devions among us
people named Devion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 189,786 born in 2025 was named Devion
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 Sammuel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Devion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sammuel climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sammuel's path sketches the road Devion is walking now.
Devion 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
Devion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Devion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Dev is a short form that works on its own.
- The sound is entirely familiar from Devon and Davion.
- The three-syllable rhythm matches its cohort.
- Devon and Devin are both much more common.
- Two stress patterns circulate.
- There is no meaning to hand on.
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Masculine · #8243 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Devions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Devion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Devion in 2025?
- Devion ranks #8243 among US boy names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Devion?
- About 1 in every 189,786 US boys born in 2025 was named Devion — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Devion with classmates?
- Devion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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