Declen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Declen by the numbers

Declen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Declen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Declen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
  • Declynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
  • Deklen18 in the US (2017)
  • Decklen11 in the US (2017)
  • Declin11 in the US (2017)
  • Deckerroofer or builder; occupational surname used as given name210 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Declen

Names that are said the same way as Declen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Deklanman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan179 in the US (2017)
  • Deklynman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan69 in the US (2017)
  • Decklynfull 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)
  • Deklin34 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Declen

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