Deven comes from the English tradition, meaning God-like; divine; poet; wanderer..
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How popular is Deven?
2000peak year
Today, Deven is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2256), with only about 69 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2000, 491 babies were given the name (ranked #479 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Deven has been declining in recent years. In all, around 11,942 babies have been registered as Deven since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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