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Deven

#2,895 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Devin

Deven has been given to 11,986 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #2,895 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 491 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Deven, 2025

1 in 77,100

Deven over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Deven over time

In 2025, Deven went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19542025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Deven: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Devin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deven means

Deven is a variant of Devin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Deven → Devin. The family’s meaning is “fortuneteller”, recorded in English with the source elements devin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Devin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,670 boys were recorded with the name Deven between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 491 in 2000; its best national rank was #479 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,894 in 2020 to #2,895 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,523 in 2015 to #2,895 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,316 girls were recorded with the name Deven between 1957 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 76 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,491 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Deven?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 77,100
43 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 39,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,895
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
53,441 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deven sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 53,441 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deven. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Devens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deven was born before 2001 — so the typical Deven is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,670
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (4,272).

Is Deven rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−289
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,372
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.8%
Peak was 2000 (491)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#479
1999

Spellings of Deven

Deven is not the most common spelling — Steven is, with 33.8% against Deven's 0.28%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Deven is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Deven was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 31,754 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 25,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5New York1 in 33,333
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Deven is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Deven was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 472,528 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Deven has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Deven around the world

Where Deven ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2022
    #2,530
    in 2022
  • France
    1994–2025
    #4,462
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #2,026
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1973–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Deven

People whose public names include Deven, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Deven in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Deven. Linked forms have their own page here.

DevanDevinDeVon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Deven by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,895
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1
Best rank ever
#479
1999
Peak year
2000
491 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,670
Count in 2025
43

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,491
1978
Peak year
1978
76 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,316
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deven

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DevanDevynKevenDevonteDevanteDevonDevlinHavenGavenDravenJavenSevenRavenDevionDevinDavenDevontaDevTavenDevineAvenSvenDeveonDevontae

Names with a curve like Deven

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Deven, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BrennenDashawnJaquanJavonZakaryDallinDarionBrendenOsvaldoTrevonSkylarJaren

Sibling names for Deven

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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