Declan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning full of goodness.
Babies a year
3,483
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#139
down from #131
UK popularity
#372
112 babies · down from #371
How Declan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #112 |
| 2016 | #109 |
| 2017 | #115 |
| 2018 | #101 |
| 2019 | #95 |
| 2020 | #102 |
| 2021 | #105 |
| 2022 | #114 |
| 2023 | #132 |
| 2024 | #131 |
| 2025 | #139 |
Declan by the numbers
In 2025, 112 babies in England and Wales were named Declan. In the US, 3,483 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,613 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Declan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deklanman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan179 in the US (2017)
- Declynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
- Decklanfull of goodness; a modern respelling of Declan43 in the US (2017)
- Dechlanfull of goodness; a form of Declan8 in the US (2017)
- Declin11 in the US (2017)
- Deylan8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Declan
Names that are said the same way as Declan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Declan
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