The name Devon is of English origin, and is derived from the name of a county in England.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Devon has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Devon
Use of the Name Devon for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
54,760
54,760
50,481
28,177
12,846
4,786
2,288
The table below indicates the number of times the name Devon has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Devon first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1955, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Devon
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1955
1000
56
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
954
63
1961
937
66
1962
839
82
1963
762
101
1964
721
114
1965
726
105
1966
675
121
1967
614
149
1968
596
162
1969
606
167
1970
570
200
1971
599
191
1972
569
198
1973
477
271
1974
416
352
1975
450
312
1976
447
304
1977
371
442
542
329
1978
378
415
308
759
1979
394
408
317
755
1980
393
434
334
721
1981
424
383
405
550
1982
375
460
435
500
1983
276
748
383
579
1984
255
851
419
508
1985
239
973
503
403
1986
225
1,053
490
436
1987
209
1,195
507
417
1988
190
1,435
504
442
1989
178
1,719
394
627
1990
151
2,057
278
995
1991
132
2,470
233
1,203
1992
123
2,769
301
920
1993
127
2,725
298
915
1994
117
3,032
371
701
1995
119
3,114
313
887
1996
127
2,899
404
650
1997
119
3,184
437
583
1998
119
3,140
504
503
1999
125
2,994
562
446
2000
133
2,965
658
371
2001
147
2,717
800
294
2002
160
2,378
834
278
2003
160
2,498
761
324
2004
175
2,288
843
287
Totals:
54,760
16,383
During the last 125 years, parents have used Devon as a boy's name about 76% of the time and less frequently (about 23% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Devon appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 46 times during the last 125 years.