Deklan

A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning man from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan.

Babies a year
179
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deklan by the numbers

Deklan was given to 179 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Ireland

Like Deklan, each of these traces back to Ireland: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • ErinIreland or from Ireland633 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Irelandthe island nation; place name used as given name196 in the US (2017)
  • Irlandafrom Ireland; the island of Ireland25 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
  • Deklynman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan69 in the US (2017)
  • Decklanfull of goodness; a modern respelling of Declan43 in the US (2017)
  • Deklin34 in the US (2017)
  • Deklen18 in the US (2017)
  • Deylan8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deklan

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

  • Decklynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
  • Declynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
  • Dechlanfull of goodness; a form of Declan8 in the US (2017)
  • Decklin16 in the US (2017)
  • Deklynn14 in the US (2017)
  • Decklen11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Deklan

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