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Devlin

#6,543 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Devlin has been given to 3,442 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #6,543 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Devlin, 2025

1 in 255,000

Devlin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Devlin over time

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

19572025

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.

Devlin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Devlin means

Devlin is a given name.

The naming story behind Devlin

Wikidata records Devlin as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98431871, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,247 boys were recorded with the name Devlin between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,148 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,168 in 2020 to #6,543 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,258 in 2015 to #6,543 in 2025.

In the United States, 195 girls were recorded with the name Devlin between 1970 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1995; its best national rank was #7,936 in 1986.

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.

How common is Devlin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,543
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Devlin 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Devlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Devlins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Devlin was born before 2002 — so the typical Devlin is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,247
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (1,172).

Is Devlin 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
+2
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,375
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,285
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.22×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.3%
Peak was 2007 (140)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,148
2003

Spellings of Devlin

Devlin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 74.0% against Devlin's 0.20%.

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 Devlin is used

Across 1910–2025, Devlin was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 127,276 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 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. Devlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Devlin around the world

Where Devlin 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
    #3,450
    in 2022
  • Scotland
    1996–2021
    #605
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2003–2003
    #500
    in 2003
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1973–2009
    #473
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Devlin

People whose public names include Devlin, 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.

Devlin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,543
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,375
Best rank ever
#1,148
2003
Peak year
2007
140 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,247
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,936
1986
Peak year
1995
10 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
195
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Devlin

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

DevionDevontaDevineKollinCarlinDevynDeveonGatlinDevontaeDevanteDallinDevaughnHarlinDaylinRollinDevanshBerlinDevenBraylinDevonteDevanJaelinArlinMacklin

Names with a curve like Devlin

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

IainJavanDavenKaronKarstenFavianTrevinBlayneKevynOsbaldoJuancarlosBrando

Sibling names for Devlin

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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