Deven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEV-in
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Deven is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Deven mean?
Irish: spelling of Devin, an Irish surname
Usually a spelling of Devin, from an Irish surname; in India Deven is also a short form of Devendra.
Is Deven a girl's or a boy's name?
Deven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deven in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Deven in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 44% of the babies named Deven in the UK in 1999, and 10% in 2020.
Deven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Deven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Deven, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 491 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
2025 had fewer boys named Deven than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Deven in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 912 boys in the US were given Deven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #373, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 24% of the babies named Deven in the US in 1968, and 11% in 2024.
Deven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,146 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 108 | #1,523 |
| 2014 | 141 | #1,264 |
| 2013 | 175 | #1,070 |
| 2012 | 192 | #1,017 |
| 2011 | 231 | #893 |
| 2010 | 263 | #815 |
| 2009 | 353 | #686 |
| 2008 | 350 | #686 |
| 2007 | 359 | #669 |
| 2006 | 393 | #608 |
| 2005 | 457 | #532 |
| 2004 | 479 | #511 |
| 2003 | 478 | #508 |
| 2002 | 447 | #510 |
| 2001 | 465 | #494 |
| 2000 | 491 | #479 |
| 1999 | 464 | #479 |
| 1998 | 444 | #491 |
| 1997 | 391 | #516 |
| 1996 | 355 | #540 |
| 1995 | 351 | #542 |
| 1994 | 302 | #593 |
| 1993 | 290 | #608 |
| 1992 | 291 | #603 |
| 1991 | 217 | #682 |
| 1990 | 195 | #727 |
| 1989 | 157 | #789 |
| 1988 | 141 | #797 |
| 1987 | 132 | #809 |
| 1986 | 87 | #990 |
| 1985 | 87 | #974 |
| 1984 | 92 | #917 |
| 1983 | 83 | #967 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,357 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,476 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Nicknames for Deven
- Dev 33 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Deven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Declan Finn Kayden Brayden Keegan Kian Conan Brody Ronan Kody Brogan
Other spellings of Deven
Names related to Deven
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Deven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deven, updated 20 October 2026.