Devin
- Pronunciation
- [De-vin]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Poet
- Origin
- Celtic
About the Name Devin
Devin descends from the Old Irish Damhán (poet, fawn) or possibly from the Irish surname Ó Damháin meaning "descendant of Damhán." An alternative etymology connects Devin to the Old French devin meaning "divine" or "divinely inspired," and a third Celtic line proposes a connection to damh meaning "poet."
Notable bearers include American basketball star Devin Booker (born 1996, the Phoenix Suns NBA All-Star); American football player Devin McCourty (born 1987, three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots); and contemporary American actor Devin Druid.
Devin held a US top-200 boys' rank from 1985 through 2010 — over two decades of consistent American popularity. The name has receded slightly since but remains in steady use, currently sitting in the US top 300 boys' rank. The name is also occasionally used for girls. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Irish-Gaelic and Old French etymological flexibility, the popular two-syllable structure with the distinctive D-V consonant rhythm, and the in-built Celtic heritage. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as both classical-Celtic and contemporary American. Common nicknames Dev (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Devi, and the rare Devon (a separate but related name) each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Devon (a separate but related name with Old English etymology), Devyn, Devan, and Devine have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Old Irish Damhán.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Devin
US Popularity History (1987–2025)
Annual US births named Devin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1998 with 6,218 boys named Devin (boy rank #62 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #548 for boys (548 US births). That's 486 places below its 1998 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Devin Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Devin the strongest states are Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | #261 | 212 |
| 2 | Arizona | #293 | 254 |
| 3 | New Mexico | #305 | 44 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #307 | 92 |
| 5 | West Virginia | #309 | 18 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #311 | 173 |
| 7 | California | #324 | 1,141 |
| 8 | Maryland | #340 | 176 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #345 | 98 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #358 | 214 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Devin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | The Name Of A Beautiful Farming County In England. | Female | English |
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