Declan
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #139 for boys in 2025, 2,570 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 3,971 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 58,547since 1951
Declan over time
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Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #139 | 2,570 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #132 | 2,765 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #132 | 2,814 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #114 | 3,345 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | #106 | 3,647 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #101 | 3,601 |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | #95 | 3,971 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #101 | 3,812 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #115 | 3,470 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #109 | 3,623 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #112 | 3,587 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #123 | 3,321 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #121 | 3,116 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #143 | 2,781 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #176 | 2,169 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #274 | 1,257 |
| 2009 | — | #309 | 1,046 | |
| 2008 | — | #347 | 942 | |
| 2007 | — | #348 | 923 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #366 | 817 |
| 2005 | — | #353 | 842 | |
| 2004 | — | #431 | 606 | |
| 2003 | — | #423 | 611 | |
| 2002 | — | #441 | 562 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #454 | 531 |
| 2000 | — | #544 | 388 | |
| 1999 | — | #569 | 351 | |
| 1998 | — | #710 | 234 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,027 | 124 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,127 | 105 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,206 | 92 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,454 | 66 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,741 | 49 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,844 | 44 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,190 | 33 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,068 | 34 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1951
The first year at least five boys were named Declan! It came in at #3,714, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Declan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Montana#66 · 1 in 235
- Delaware#68 · 1 in 211
- Wyoming#72 · 1 in 182
- New Hampshire#74 · 1 in 225
- Pennsylvania#77 · 1 in 337
Best ever in a state: #21 in Wyoming, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #66 | 16 | 1 in 235 |
| Delaware | #68 | 14 | 1 in 211 |
| Wyoming | #72 | 6 | 1 in 182 |
| New Hampshire | #74 | 20 | 1 in 225 |
| Pennsylvania | #77 | 155 | 1 in 337 |
| Vermont | #80 | 6 | 1 in 202 |
| District of Columbia | #82 | 10 | 1 in 253 |
| Maine | #82 | 15 | 1 in 256 |
| Massachusetts | #82 | 86 | 1 in 314 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 284 |
| Virginia | #98 | 92 | 1 in 405 |
| Ohio | #100 | 126 | 1 in 417 |
| Nebraska | #103 | 24 | 1 in 367 |
| Idaho | #104 | 24 | 1 in 360 |
| North Carolina | #104 | 117 | 1 in 440 |
| Wisconsin | #104 | 57 | 1 in 411 |
| Washington | #111 | 69 | 1 in 475 |
| Rhode Island | #112 | 10 | 1 in 312 |
| New Jersey | #116 | 83 | 1 in 479 |
| New York | #116 | 156 | 1 in 541 |
| Connecticut | #118 | 32 | 1 in 413 |
| Kansas | #119 | 32 | 1 in 439 |
| Oregon | #119 | 33 | 1 in 456 |
| Illinois | #123 | 94 | 1 in 527 |
| Colorado | #125 | 56 | 1 in 479 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| South Carolina | #131 | 42 | 1 in 505 |
| Kentucky | #133 | 42 | 1 in 489 |
| Michigan | #136 | 74 | 1 in 543 |
| North Dakota | #136 | 9 | 1 in 373 |
| Tennessee | #138 | 70 | 1 in 525 |
| West Virginia | #140 | 14 | 1 in 440 |
| Arkansas | #141 | 25 | 1 in 503 |
| Indiana | #141 | 57 | 1 in 555 |
| Minnesota | #141 | 46 | 1 in 533 |
| Missouri | #142 | 49 | 1 in 568 |
| Iowa | #143 | 29 | 1 in 477 |
| Hawaii | #146 | 7 | 1 in 417 |
| Oklahoma | #147 | 32 | 1 in 553 |
| Utah | #147 | 36 | 1 in 546 |
| Maryland | #149 | 39 | 1 in 587 |
| Louisiana | #158 | 32 | 1 in 598 |
| Florida | #159 | 135 | 1 in 708 |
| Nevada | #169 | 18 | 1 in 627 |
| Alabama | #179 | 32 | 1 in 672 |
| Mississippi | #182 | 17 | 1 in 637 |
| Arizona | #189 | 46 | 1 in 711 |
| New Mexico | #193 | 10 | 1 in 650 |
| Georgia | #232 | 52 | 1 in 966 |
| Texas | #246 | 158 | 1 in 1,108 |
| California | #254 | 148 | 1 in 1,186 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Declan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 38 spots since 2020 (#101 → #139)
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2019 at #95 (3,971 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2019
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 452
- Highest: 1 in 452 boys born in 2019 were named Declan (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 665 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 53.1% of all boys named Declan (31,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,740 |
| 1960s | 70 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,398 |
| 1970s | 53 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,195 |
| 1980s | 145 | #2,068 (1989) | #3,574 |
| 1990s | 1,135 | #569 (1999) | #1,388 |
| 2000s | 7,268 | #309 (2009) | #402 |
| 2010s | 31,107 | #95 (2019) | #137 |
| 2020s | 18,742 | #101 (2020) | #121 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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