NameTides

Dev

Dev was the #1,425 boys' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Dev as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Dev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,425 (126)#934 (33)#676 (4)#591 (49)
2024#1,397 (134)#981 (31)—#613 (44)
2023#1,576 (110)#1,071 (27)#770 (3)#710 (36)
2022#1,589 (111)#1,268 (21)#779 (3)#894 (27)
2021#1,565 (111)#1,078 (26)#631 (4)#770 (34)
2020#1,634 (98)#1,085 (25)—#802 (30)
2019#1,494 (114)#1,316 (19)—#995 (22)
2018#1,478 (117)#1,284 (20)—#964 (23)
2017#1,335 (134)#888 (35)—#864 (27)
2016#1,433 (121)#818 (39)—#971 (23)
2015#1,538 (106)#821 (38)—#1,204 (16)
2014#1,447 (113)#935 (31)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,444 (114)#954 (30)—#1,312 (14)
2012#1,398 (119)#852 (36)—#1,466 (12)
2011#1,264 (136)#671 (48)—#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,397.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dev is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dev by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Dev (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36636

Dev (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DevCanadaBoys#59149
DevEngland & WalesBoys#93433
DevIrelandBoys#6764
DevNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DevUSBoys#1,425126