Baby name

Dev

Boy

Rising name

2009 was its best year: 145 births, or 1 baby in 26,347. The momentum is recent: births are up 1% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Its rank in 2025: No. 1425. 38% of all babies named Dev since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

3,146births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 1232rank at its peak, in 2009

Where babies named Dev are born

2009

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The darker the blue, the more common Dev is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dev is most common in New Jersey (7.5 times), New York (1.7) and California (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Dee 7,269
Zev 5,153
Del 4,298
Dov 3,623
Lev 2,999

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