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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Delaware#65 · 1 in 209
- Massachusetts#70 · 1 in 262
- Rhode Island#73 · 1 in 231
- New Hampshire#74 · 1 in 215
- Pennsylvania#74 · 1 in 300
Best ever in a state: #21 in Wyoming, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #65 | 17 | 1 in 209 |
| Massachusetts | #70 | 113 | 1 in 262 |
| Rhode Island | #73 | 17 | 1 in 231 |
| New Hampshire | #74 | 22 | 1 in 215 |
| Pennsylvania | #74 | 201 | 1 in 300 |
| New Jersey | #84 | 115 | 1 in 361 |
| Montana | #87 | 14 | 1 in 279 |
| Idaho | #89 | 26 | 1 in 311 |
| Wyoming | #89 | 8 | 1 in 239 |
| Alaska | #91 | 12 | 1 in 281 |
| Illinois | #94 | 165 | 1 in 403 |
| Virginia | #98 | 97 | 1 in 431 |
| North Dakota | #100 | 12 | 1 in 321 |
| Nebraska | #108 | 26 | 1 in 381 |
| Colorado | #109 | 63 | 1 in 431 |
| Connecticut | #110 | 35 | 1 in 410 |
| Oregon | #110 | 44 | 1 in 411 |
| Washington | #111 | 83 | 1 in 433 |
| Vermont | #112 | 6 | 1 in 296 |
| Wisconsin | #112 | 62 | 1 in 440 |
| Minnesota | #114 | 62 | 1 in 447 |
| New York | #119 | 184 | 1 in 567 |
| Utah | #119 | 48 | 1 in 451 |
| District of Columbia | #127 | 10 | 1 in 413 |
| Ohio | #128 | 105 | 1 in 569 |
| Maryland | #129 | 49 | 1 in 566 |
| Iowa | #132 | 31 | 1 in 488 |
| Kansas | #132 | 34 | 1 in 473 |
| Maine | #133 | 11 | 1 in 431 |
| Michigan | #136 | 81 | 1 in 588 |
| Indiana | #143 | 60 | 1 in 595 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 77 | 1 in 657 |
| Nevada | #151 | 23 | 1 in 577 |
| Oklahoma | #160 | 33 | 1 in 614 |
| South Carolina | #160 | 29 | 1 in 721 |
| Missouri | #162 | 49 | 1 in 648 |
| Florida | #165 | 119 | 1 in 773 |
| Kentucky | #169 | 30 | 1 in 739 |
| Arkansas | #173 | 22 | 1 in 649 |
| West Virginia | #175 | 13 | 1 in 642 |
| Arizona | #194 | 50 | 1 in 740 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 41 | 1 in 873 |
| California | #200 | 245 | 1 in 941 |
| South Dakota | #205 | 6 | 1 in 680 |
| Alabama | #210 | 23 | 1 in 965 |
| Georgia | #232 | 50 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Louisiana | #239 | 23 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Mississippi | #247 | 12 | 1 in 1,121 |
| New Mexico | #280 | 8 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Texas | #308 | 111 | 1 in 1,600 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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
- 7 spots since 2024 (#132 → #139)
- 38 spots since 2020 (#101 → #139)
- 27 spots since 2015 (#112 → #139)
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1998 (#1,027 → #710)
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2023 (#114 → #132)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2019 at #95 (3,971 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2019
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 452 boys born in 2019 were named Declan (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 665 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
- 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.
Declan in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 97,836 of them was named Declan, which outranked 64.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,576Zoelle19
- #6,576Zully19
- #6,576Zyah19
- #6,872Declan18
- #6,872Aariona18
- #6,872Abbygayle18
- #6,872Abcde18
- #7,144Abriel17
- #7,144Ahmiya17
- #7,144Aily17
Tied with 271 names at #6,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 682 of them was named Declan, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.