# Dev (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dev/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,146 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 796, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi देव (dev).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 1,265 |
| 2012 | 119 | 1,399 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,449 |
| 2014 | 113 | 1,447 |
| 2015 | 106 | 1,541 |
| 2016 | 121 | 1,434 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,336 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,482 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,499 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,638 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,567 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,592 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,581 |
| 2024 | 134 | 1,398 |
| 2025 | 126 | 1,427 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 671 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 30 | 954 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 38 | 821 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Dev

- Dev Patel, British actor (born 1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.