Devlyn

Boy · recorded 1977–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 2004best year

Most popular in 2004.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Devlyn.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1977

061119771989200020122023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Devlyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19775
19883
19934
19945
19955
19963
19977
19984
19998
20006
20019
20026
200310
200411
200511
20066
20078
20089
20099
20108
20118
20127
20135
20143
20176
20193
20203
20213
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Devlyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1977
341

Devlyn was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2004, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Devlyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.