Divine
Feminine · “of God”
Divine is given to both — 2,487 girls and 1,841 boys since 1880. See Divine as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Divine is Latin for belonging to a god — divinus, from deus — and the word meant supernatural long before it meant excellent.
How old is the name Divine?
Divine first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Divine is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,500 people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Divine most popular?
Divine peaked in 2020, reaching #1752 nationally. Today it ranks #1880, 128 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From divus to Divine
The story of Divine
Divine is a long-established given name in Nigeria and across English-speaking West Africa, where virtue and grace names — Divine, Blessing, Precious, Favour — are ordinary. West African emigration brought it to Britain and America, where it appears in the registers for both sexes and is in current use.
Meaning
of God, heavenly
From the Latin divinus, 'of a god', from divus, related to deus. The sense of 'excellent' is a much later softening in English. The same root gives deity, divination and Tuesday's Romance forms. The word is ordinary and the etymology documented.
How the name formed
- divus
- divinus
- divine
- Divine
Related forms: Divine · Divina · Divina
Pronouncing Divine
dih-VYNE
Two syllables, stress on the second. It is a homophone of the ordinary English adjective.
Nicknames for Divine
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
- 1986
- Most girls named
- 2022118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1752reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +7.2%104 in 2025, from 97
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.
Divine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Divine in French — same name
- Divina in Spanish — related form
- Divina in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Divines among us
people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 15,454 born in 2025 was named Divine
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 Marylu test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Divine's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marylu climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marylu's path sketches the road Divine is walking now.
Divine 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 Divine is headed
Divine 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.
Divine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Divine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The belonging-to-a-god sense is stronger and more specific than the modern one.
- It records a living West African naming tradition.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is an ordinary English adjective and carries a large claim.
- It is thoroughly unisex in West African use.
- A well-known American performer carried it as a stage name.
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Feminine · #1880 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Divines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Divine in 2025?
- Divine ranks #1880 among US girl names in 2025, with 104 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Divine?
- About 1 in every 15,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Divine — 104 in all.
- Will my child share the name Divine with classmates?
- Divine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Divine
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Kiari#1880 · Dhriti#1880 · Samaria#1880 · Akari#1880 · Azuri#1880 · Analiyah#1880 · Aashvi#1880 · Margarita#1880
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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