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Dev

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Hindi origin

Living in the US
~3,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,425 among boys
Births in 2025
126 3,146 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Dev popularity over time

Dev rank by birth year, 1969–2025Dev ranked #4,404 in 1969 and #1,425 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,232, in 2009.#1,425197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1969–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2009: 145 births recorded as Dev. The name does not appear in the data until 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,425 with 126 births.

It slipped 28 places against the previous year.

Babies named Dev per yearPeaks at 145 births in 2009.145 in 20090197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Dev?

An estimated 3,100 living Americans are called Dev. That is out of 3,146 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Dev?

The typical living Dev is 13 years old. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Dev a millennial-era name.

Your Dev

Ages of living people named DevHalf of living Devs are older than 13 and half younger.median 1302040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Dev is most common

New Jersey uses the name 4.6× as often as the country as a whole. California, Illinois and New York follow.

Where Dev is used more than average5 states use the name Dev more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.5× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.5× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.4× the national ratePANew Jersey: 4.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Dev is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 121 4.6×
California 216 1.7×
Illinois 55 1.5×
New York 86 1.5×
Pennsylvania 48 1.4×

Dev in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Dev ranked #934 in 2025 on 33 births. That is 32% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Dev comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Hindi.

See how Hindi names are used in American and British births on the Hindi names page.

Notable people named Dev

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Dev Patel British actor 1990 67
Dev Anand Indian actor, producer, director 1923–2011 46
Photo credits (1)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Dev

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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