Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Declan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Declan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Declan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Declan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Declan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Declan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Declan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Declan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 34 0.000008844 34 -100%
1990 37 0.000009361 37 -100%
1991 33 0.000008472 33 -100%
1992 44 0.000011455 44 -100%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 -100%
1994 66 0.000017753 66 -100%
1995 92 0.000025122 92 -100%
1996 105 0.000028789 105 -100%
1997 124 0.0000342 124 -100%
1998 234 0.000063618 234 -100%
1999 351 0.000095022 351 -100%
2000 388 0.000102648 388 -100%
2001 537 0.000143453 6 531 -98%
2002 562 0.000150336 562 -100%
2003 611 0.000160691 611 -100%
2004 606 0.0001586 606 -100%
2005 842 0.000218995 842 -100%
2006 823 0.000208028 6 817 -99%
2007 923 0.000230884 923 -100%
2008 942 0.000239654 942 -100%
2009 1046 0.000273809 1046 -100%
2010 1262 0.000341474 5 1257 -99%
2011 2182 0.000596535 13 2169 -99%
2012 2798 0.000765031 18 2780 -99%
2013 3138 0.000860748 22 3116 -99%
2014 3337 0.00090034 16 3321 -99%
2015 3608 0.000974895 21 3587 -99%
2016 3650 0.000994903 28 3622 -98%
2017 3509 0.00098121 40 3469 -98%
2018 3842 0.001092751 30 3812 -98%
2019 4007 0.001154445 36 3971 -98%
2020 3632 0.001087237 31 3601 -98%
2021 3686 0.001087974 40 3646 -98%
2022 3374 0.0009973 30 3344 -98%
2023 2844 0.000858904 30 2814 -98%
2024 2772 0.000832807 14 2758 -99%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Declan:

  1. Decklan
  2. Decklen
  3. Decklin
  4. Decklyn
  5. Decklynn
  6. Declan (this page)
  7. Decland
  8. Declann
  9. Declen
  10. Declin
  11. Declyn