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Devon
Pronounced /ˈdɛv.ən/
Rank in 2024
#959
Born in 2024
236
Peak year
1997 · #119
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:41 in 2024 (#3,731)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 236 boys were named Devon, about 1 in every 7,268.
- It peaked in 1997 with 3,189 babies, ranked #119.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 72,448 boys have been named Devon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Devon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 1.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 286 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 582 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,023 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,241 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 27,912 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Z: 33,592 babies, 1.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,812 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.
- A unisex given name
- A male given name
- A male given name transferred from the place name
- A male given name, variant of Devin
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdɛv.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Devon, CC BY-SA 4.0.