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Declan name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Declan ranks #139 in male records (2,570 reported) and #6,606 in female records (17 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#6,606 · 17 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 3 female records (14 to 17); rank moved from #7,688 to #6,606.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 23 female records (40 to 17); rank moved from #3,755 to #6,606.
2025 male rank and count
#139 · 2,570 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 195 male records (2,765 to 2,570); rank moved from #132 to #139.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 1,077 male records (3,647 to 2,570); rank moved from #106 to #139.
Peak year in available data
2019: 3,971 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Declan becoming more popular?

Declan's reported male count decreased by 195 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #132 to #139. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Declan in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for DeclanFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,9710201620252016: 28 female records2017: 40 female records2018: 30 female records2019: 36 female records2020: 31 female records2021: 40 female records2022: 30 female records2023: 30 female records2024: 14 female records2025: 17 female records2016: 3,623 male records2017: 3,470 male records2018: 3,812 male records2019: 3,971 male records2020: 3,601 male records2021: 3,647 male records2022: 3,345 male records2023: 2,814 male records2024: 2,765 male records2025: 2,570 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025176,6062,570139
2024147,6882,765132
2023304,5882,814132
2022304,6153,345114
2021403,7553,647106
2020314,3773,601102
2019364,0313,97195
2018304,5883,812101
2017403,7923,470115
2016284,8893,623109

Questions about Declan’s popularity

How common is Declan in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Declan ranks #139 in male records (2,570 reported) and #6,606 in female records (17 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Declan?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Declan only.

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