Declan
Declan places #139 across the country in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. On the books since 1951, peaking in 2019: 58,547 American children so far.
Declan’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Declan, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Declan since 1951
Declan peaked in 2019 at #95; #139 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Declan is most common
Declan is most common in Wyoming: 0.55% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Vermont (0.5%) and Delaware (0.48%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Declan
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Daphne
#178 in 2025
Dahlia
#215 in 2025
Dallas
#238 in 2025
Daisy
#75 in 2025
Beckett
#141 in 2025
Sloane
#141 in 2025
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About Declan
How common is Declan today?
Declan places #139 across the country in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1951, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Declan mean?
There is no citable gloss for Declan in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
Is there a sibling name for Declan?
Diego, Damian and Daphne sit nearest to Declan on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Declan’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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