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Dev

Rank in 2024
#1,398
Born in 2024
134
Peak year
2009 · #1237
Origin
Hindi

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 134 boys were named Dev, about 1 in every 12,801.
  • It peaked in 2009 with 145 babies, ranked #1237.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1969.
  • 3,020 boys have been named Dev since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dev per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 71 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 165 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,401 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,383 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Hindi देव (dev). ==== Proper noun ==== Dev (plural Devs) A male given name from Hindi. A patronymic surname from Hindi. A diminutive of the male given name Devdas. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Dev is the 41164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Dev is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (84.31%) individuals. ==== Further reading ==== Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dev”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 451.

  • A male given name from Hindi.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Devdas.
Origin
Hindi
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Dev, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Dov

    Rank
    #1,405
    Born '24
    133
    Origin
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    1880peak 20222024