Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Devlin*

#2,234 most common boys' name of all time · #5,381 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1957–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,234
Rank overall
#5,381 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
3,442
Since 2016
294
Peak year
2007 #1,259
Best rank
#1,152 2003
Girls Boys peak 146/yr
1960198020002020

Devlin first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 13 #6,530
2024 13 13 #6,554
2023 5 22 27 #4,647
2022 20 20 #4,889
2021 9 27 36 #3,936
2020 24 24 #4,172
2019 7 26 33 #4,041
2018 5 44 49 #2,758
2017 5 29 34 #3,703
2016 45 45 #2,700
2015 6 59 65 #2,264
2014 7 71 78 #2,010
2013 6 62 68 #2,151
2012 6 82 88 #1,805
2011 77 77 #1,842
2010 5 90 95 #1,705
2009 116 116 #1,447
2008 108 108 #1,514
2007 6 140 146 #1,259
2006 8 128 136 #1,296
2005 119 119 #1,292
2004 5 132 137 #1,181
2003 131 131 #1,152
2002 102 102 #1,312
2001 10 94 104 #1,363
2000 102 102 #1,276
1999 5 85 90 #1,386
1998 10 95 105 #1,276
1997 8 89 97 #1,290
1996 6 73 79 #1,427
1995 10 71 81 #1,412
1994 50 50 #1,764
1993 8 70 78 #1,392
1992 6 50 56 #1,710
1991 7 43 50 #1,847
1990 6 44 50 #1,798
1989 46 46 #1,691
1988 25 25 #2,417
1987 5 23 28 #2,441
1986 8 35 43 #1,777
1985 24 24 #2,260
1984 35 35 #1,682
1983 52 52 #1,291
1982 6 24 30 #2,187
1981 23 23 #2,249
1980 13 13 #3,350
1979 20 20 #2,423
1978 5 20 25 #2,341
1977 5 21 26 #2,250
1976 14 14 #2,906
1975 36 36 #1,502
1974 39 39 #1,386
1973 5 19 24 #2,196
1972 38 38 #1,389
1971 36 36 #1,438
1970 5 28 33 #1,652
1969 14 14 #2,400
1968 25 25 #1,609
1967 13 13 #2,343
1966 19 19 #1,812
1965 9 9 #2,964
1964 19 19 #1,899
1963 9 9 #3,034
1962 12 12 #2,498
1961 5 5 #4,544
1957 5 5 #4,513