Divine
Masculine · “of God”
Divine is given to both — 1,841 boys and 2,487 girls since 1880. See Divine as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Divine descends from the Latin divus — a god — and the same root gives deity, deus and, at a distance, Tuesday.
How old is the name Divine?
Divine first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Divine alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,800 people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Divine most popular?
Divine peaked in 2024, reaching #1631 nationally. Today it ranks #2125, 494 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
From deiwos to Divine
The story of Divine
Deiwos meant a shining sky-being and produced the Greek Zeus, the Latin deus, the Sanskrit deva and the Norse Tyr — one root behind four pantheons. Nigerian and West African Christian naming uses Divine as an ordinary given name for both sexes. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
of God, godlike
From the Latin divinus, 'of a god', from divus and the Indo-European root deiwos, 'sky god'. The same root gives deus, deity, Zeus, and through Germanic Tiw, whose day is Tuesday. The etymology is documented and among the best attested in the family.
How the name formed
- deiwos
- divinus
- divine
- Divine
Related forms: Divine · Divinus
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
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 2024104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1631reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −34.6%68 in 2025, from 104
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
- Divinus in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.
Divines among us
people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,119 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 Abran 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: Abran climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Abran'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 looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 26% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. 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.
Divine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Divine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Zeus, deus, deva and Tuesday share a root is a first-rate etymology.
- It records a living West African Christian 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 used for both sexes.
- One American performer is a strong association for some.
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Masculine · #2125 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 1,800 people named Divine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Divine in 2025?
- Divine ranks #2125 among US boy names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Divine?
- About 1 in every 25,119 US boys born in 2025 was named Divine — 68 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.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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