Devon
- Pronunciation
- [De-von]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- The Name Of A Beautiful Farming County In England.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Devon
Devon is an English name drawn from the county of Devon in southwest England, a region celebrated for its rolling farmland, coastline, and rural beauty. As a place-name turned given name, it carries a fresh, breezy character and an appealing geographic resonance, evoking the green, pastoral landscape of the English countryside. The soft two-syllable sound gives it an easygoing, contemporary feel.
The name belongs to the family of English place-names that became popular unisex given names, and it has been used for both girls and boys, with a gentle, approachable quality that fits comfortably across genders. Its blend of natural imagery and modern style gave it a distinctive, current appeal, and it sat among the wave of place and surname names that flourished as parents sought options that felt fresh, flexible, and rooted in real geography rather than tradition alone.
For girls, Devon first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and appeared through 2005, peaking in its debut year of 2000 at rank #658. It registered 256 births in 2005 at rank #963, with 290 in 2004 at #848 and 324 in 2003 at #765, reflecting a brief presence in the early 2000s before it slipped from the top-1000. Recorded variants include Devan and Devin, offering families alternate spellings of this fresh, place-inspired name.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Devon
US Popularity History (2000–2024)
Annual US births named Devon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 2,974 boys named Devon (boy rank #133 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2024, ranked #955 for boys (236 US births). That's 822 places below its 2000 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 Devon 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 Devon the strongest states are Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #358 | 30 |
| 2 | Nevada | #404 | 22 |
| 3 | Mississippi | #457 | 26 |
| 4 | Iowa | #536 | 35 |
| 5 | Kentucky | #545 | 43 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #553 | 36 |
| 7 | Michigan | #569 | 139 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #580 | 149 |
| 9 | Colorado | #581 | 45 |
| 10 | Ohio | #582 | 153 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #992 | 20 |
| 2 | Texas | #841 | 202 |
| 3 | California | #824 | 189 |
| 4 | Georgia | #776 | 115 |
| 5 | New York | #765 | 168 |
| 6 | Indiana | #754 | 73 |
| 7 | Arizona | #754 | 48 |
| 8 | Virginia | #726 | 83 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #712 | 105 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #695 | 29 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Devon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Devon to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Devon against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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