Dev
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning divine, god.
Babies a year
33
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#934
33 babies
Dev by the numbers
In 2025, 33 babies in England and Wales were named Dev. In the US, 134 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 145 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dev. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Dev, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.