Declan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Declan is an Irish given name, an anglicised form of the Irish saint name Declรกn, also Deaglรกn or Dรฉaglรกn. St. Declรกn founded a monastery in Ireland in the 5th century, and the St. Declรกn's stone has been credited as the site of many miracles.

From Wikipedia

Declan first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 470 babies (rank #81 that year). In 2024 it was given to 224 boys (rank #144). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Declan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Declan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

7,227
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
470
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199112#1,026
199215#897
199316#864
199423#643
199525#695
199630#601
199736#530
199853#409
199983#299
200061#368
200192#261
2002124#214
2003117#229
2004155#188
2005195#158
2006181#182
2007214#157
2008226#155
2009213#167
2010267#144
2011404#99
2012415#95
2013470#81
2014442#84
2015446#82
2016360#105
2017349#108
2018341#109
2019413#80
2020362#89
2021347#98
2022275#119
2023241#128
2024224#144