Declan
Pronounced D EH1 K L AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 74 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Declan?
Declan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1951. It has been given to 56,430 children — the 443rd most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 3,971 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Dechlan and Declann — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Declan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Dechlan
- Declann
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D EH1 K L AE1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Declan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Declan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Declan?
- Declan ranks 443rd among boys' names in US records, with 56,430 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 34,686.
- Is Declan a unisex name?
- No. Declan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Declan most popular?
- 2019, when 3,971 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Declan spelled?
- Dechlan, Declann. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.