Devine
#5,922 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Devine has been given to 1,619 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #5,922 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 36 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.
Babies named Devine, 2025
1 in 221,000
Devine over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Devine over time
In 2025, Devine went to 50% girls and 50% boys.
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.
How common is Devine?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 221,000
- 15 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 114,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #5,922
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 153,194 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Devine sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Devine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Devines were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Devine was born before 2001 — so the typical Devine is around 24 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 32.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 50.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 835
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 32.1% of all recorded uses (268).
Is Devine 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
- +622
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −146
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,023
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.88×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 41.7%
- Peak was 1992 (36)
- Years since peak
- 33
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 31.7% average annual change
Spellings of Devine
Devine is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 77.2% against Devine's 0.05%.
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 Devine is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Devine was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 144,204 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in 100,000
- 2North Carolina1 in —
- 3South Carolina1 in —
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. Devine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Devine is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Devine was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 285,315 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Texas1 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. Devine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Devine around the world
Where Devine 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 & Wales2006–2006#4,052in 2006
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Devine by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Devine
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Devine
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.