Girl’s name · Sanskrit

Devyani

How to say it: dev-YAH-nee · /dɛvˈjɑni/

Sanskrit 'devayani' meaning divine - Mahabharata heroine, daughter of sage Shukra.

Devyani was the 11,963rd most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 6 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, its births are up 2.2-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #11,535 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures

#11,963for girls in 2025
1 in 552,557US babies
6born in 2025
#11,535projected for 2030
2000sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Devyani
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#11,963
Babies born in 20256
Share of births1 in 552,557
Peak decade2000s
Change over 10 years×2.2
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#11,535

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Devyani is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 1 per million births, 2000s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Dev
  • Devi

Honouring a Devyani in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Devyani is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, Hindi.

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