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Declan
Pronounced /ˈdɛklən/
Rank in 2024
#131
Born in 2024
2,758
Peak year
2019 · #95
Origin
Old Irish
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,758 boys were named Declan, about 1 in every 622.
- It peaked in 2019 with 3,971 babies, ranked #95.
- It first shows up in the records in 1951.
- 55,965 boys have been named Declan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Declan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 1.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 96 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 564 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,183 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 41,061 babies, 1.89 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old Irish Declán, whence the modern Irish equivalent Deaglán.
- A male given name from Old Irish, borne notably by Declán of Ardmore
- Origin
- Old Irish
- Say it
- /ˈdɛklən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Declan, CC BY-SA 4.0.