Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Devonta isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Devonta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,187
- 3,151 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 330 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,745 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,745 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 320 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,041 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Devonta’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Devonta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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