Names / Boy names
Dev
Current rank
#1,427
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,235
in 2009
First recorded
1969
in U.S. data
Children named
3,100
since 1969
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,235 in 2009 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(DAYV): divine. Short and strong. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1969. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Its strongest year was 2009, at #1,235 nationally. More than 3,100 children have been given the name overall.