Devorah Girl
How popular is Devorah?
#1,352 girl name in 2025
163 baby girls were named Devorah in the US in 2025, making it the 1352nd most popular girl name.
Devorah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,352 for girls (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 163 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,088 in 2015, #1,510 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (163 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,352 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Devorah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Devorah family of names ranked #879 for girls in 2025 (#905 the year before), with 254 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Devorah | 163 | 64% |
| Devora | 91 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Devorah is most popular
Babies named Devorah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.1 per 1,000 (195 girls)
- New York: 0.9 per 1,000 (355 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Devorah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 55 | #2,513 |
| 1950s | 167 | #2,120 |
| 1960s | 168 | #2,518 |
| 1970s | 321 | #1,936 |
| 1980s | 522 | #1,835 |
| 1990s | 670 | #1,827 |
| 2000s | 915 | #1,747 |
| 2010s | 1,121 | #1,532 |
| 2020s | 850 | #1,352 |
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Questions
- Is Devorah a boy or girl name?
- Devorah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Devorah were girls.
- How popular is the name Devorah?
- 163 baby girls were named Devorah in the US in 2025, making it the 1352nd most popular girl name.
- When was Devorah most popular?
- Devorah peaked in 2025, when 163 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,352 in 2025.
- How many people are named Devorah?
- 4,789 babies have been named Devorah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,662 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Devorah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Devorah was most common in New Jersey, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.