# Declan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/declan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛklən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Dec |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 58,950 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 58,547 / 403 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,769, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old Irish Declán, whence the modern Irish equivalent Deaglán.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,755 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6,942 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,870 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,402 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,086 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,889 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,792 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4,588 |
| 2019 | 36 | 4,031 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,377 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,755 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,615 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,588 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,688 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,606 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,169 | 176 |
| 2012 | 2,781 | 143 |
| 2013 | 3,116 | 121 |
| 2014 | 3,321 | 123 |
| 2015 | 3,587 | 112 |
| 2016 | 3,623 | 109 |
| 2017 | 3,470 | 115 |
| 2018 | 3,812 | 101 |
| 2019 | 3,971 | 95 |
| 2020 | 3,601 | 102 |
| 2021 | 3,647 | 106 |
| 2022 | 3,345 | 114 |
| 2023 | 2,814 | 132 |
| 2024 | 2,765 | 132 |
| 2025 | 2,570 | 139 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 397 | 149 |
| 2012 | 340 | 175 |
| 2013 | 281 | 198 |
| 2014 | 217 | 250 |
| 2015 | 217 | 245 |
| 2016 | 169 | 294 |
| 2017 | 159 | 314 |
| 2018 | 107 | 399 |
| 2019 | 111 | 388 |
| 2020 | 118 | 368 |
| 2021 | 112 | 390 |
| 2022 | 111 | 381 |
| 2023 | 104 | 388 |
| 2024 | 116 | 371 |
| 2025 | 112 | 372 |

## In other languages

- Irish: Deaglán
- Latin: Declanus

## People named Declan

- Declan Rice, English footballer (born 1999)
- Declan Galbraith, English singer, actor
- Declan Rudd, English association football player
- Declan McKenna, British musician
- Declan Hill, Canadian journalist and author
- Declan Quinn, American cinematographer
- Declan O'Brien, American writer and producer
- Declan Donnelly, English television presenter (born 1975)
- Declan Ronan Lang, British Catholic bishop
- Declan Brooks, British bicycle motocross rider
- Declan Donnellan, British theatre director (born 1953)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.