girls:
153 births since 2012
#5563 (3rd percentile)
boys:
327 births since 2001
#4259 (7th percentile)
overall:
480 births since 2001
#7259 (6th percentile)
The name Decklyn is the #7,259 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 480 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,259 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 327 births since 2001. For girls, it ranks #5,563 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 153 births since 2012.
Decklyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for boys and 2012 for girls). Birth data for Decklyn is available in 15 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (15 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Decklyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 75.0% of babies named Decklyn were boys.
For boys, Decklyn reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #873) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Decklyn ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 54.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Decklyn reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #945) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Decklyn ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 30.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Decklyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Decklyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.1% confident that Decklyn is pronounced as DEHK-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEHK-luhn, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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