NameTides

Declan

Declan was the #139 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,570 babies), and #372 in England & Wales and #147 in Canada.

Declan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Declan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Declan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#139 (2,570)#372 (112)#278 (13)#270 (6)#348 (11)#147 (219)——
2024#132 (2,765)#371 (116)#404 (8)#256 (7)#374 (10)#145 (223)——
2023#132 (2,814)#388 (104)#267 (14)#272 (6)#436 (8)#129 (239)——
2022#114 (3,345)#381 (111)#271 (14)#234 (8)#329 (13)#118 (274)——
2021#106 (3,647)#390 (112)#286 (14)#326 (5)#312 (14)#97 (347)——
2020#101 (3,601)#368 (118)#204 (21)#213 (9)#496 (6)#89 (362)——
2019#95 (3,971)#388 (111)#197 (24)#209 (10)#370 (10)#80 (413)——
2018#101 (3,812)#399 (107)#208 (22)#319 (5)#350 (11)#108 (341)——
2017#115 (3,470)#314 (159)#229 (21)#171 (14)#443 (7)#108 (349)——
2016#109 (3,623)#294 (169)#183 (31)#180 (13)#245 (20)#106 (359)——
2015#112 (3,587)#245 (217)#143 (41)#237 (8)#265 (18)#82 (446)——
2014#123 (3,321)#250 (217)#122 (51)#243 (8)#237 (23)#84 (442)——
2013#121 (3,116)#198 (281)#99 (66)#180 (13)#245 (22)#82 (468)——
2012#143 (2,781)#175 (340)#88 (79)#161 (16)#267 (18)#95 (414)—#75 (91)
2011#176 (2,169)#149 (397)#95 (71)#218 (9)#204 (28)#99 (403)—#83 (81)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #95.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 660 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 660common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 730common

Next year

On its recent trend, Declan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 740 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 690 to 1 in 790.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Declan by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #104WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #74NHWashington: #111WAIdaho: #104IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #141MNIllinois: #123ILMichigan: #136MINew York: #116NYMassachusetts: #82MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #169NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #143IAIndiana: #141INOhio: #100OHPennsylvania: #77PANew Jersey: #116NJConnecticut: #118CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #254CAUtah: #147UTColorado: #125CONebraska: #103NEMissouri: #142MOKentucky: #133KYWest Virginia: #140WVVirginia: #98VAMaryland: #149MDDelaware: #68DEArizona: #189AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #119KSArkansas: #141ARTennessee: #138TNNorth Carolina: #104NCSouth Carolina: #131SCDistrict of Columbia: #82DCOklahoma: #147OKLouisiana: #158LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #179ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #246TXFlorida: #159FL
Declan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#15288

Declan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeclanCanadaBoys#147219
DeclanEngland & WalesBoys#372112
DeclanIrelandBoys#34811
DeclanNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
DeclanNSWBoys—too few
DeclanScotlandBoys#27813
DeclanUSGirls#6,54617
DeclanUSBoys#1392,570
DeclanVICBoys—too few