Devlin

A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning misfortune or unlucky; from Ó Dobhailin.

Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Devlin by the numbers

Devlin was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 139 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Devlin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
  • Deklin34 in the US (2017)
  • Devlyn23 in the US (2017)
  • Declin11 in the US (2017)
  • Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Devlin

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