girls:
371 births since 2001
#5345 (6th percentile)
boys:
53.2k births since 1951
#479 (90th percentile)
overall:
53.5k births since 1951
#1035 (87th percentile)
The name Declan is the #1,035 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 53,548 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 86.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #479 (89.6% percentile) for all time with 53,177 births since 1951. For girls, it ranks #5,345 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 371 births since 2001.
Declan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Declan is available in 66 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (66 years for boys and 16 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 Declan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Declan reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 90.0% percentile (ranked #93) with 2,066 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 2,066 births per million (ranked 90.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1981, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Declan ranks #129 for boys (85.9% percentile) with 1,529 births per million, which is 74.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Declan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #901) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Declan ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Declan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Declan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.1% confident that Declan is pronounced as DEHK-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEHK-lihn, at 14.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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