Declan
#457 most common boys' name of all time · #995 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1951–2025
Rank among boys
#457
Rank overall
#995 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
58,950
Since 2016
33,914
Peak year
2019 #95
Best rank
#95 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 4,007/yr
Declan first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 2,570 | 2,587 | #139 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,765 | 2,779 | #132 |
| 2023 | 30 | 2,814 | 2,844 | #132 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,345 | 3,375 | #114 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,647 | 3,687 | #106 |
| 2020 | 31 | 3,601 | 3,632 | #102 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,971 | 4,007 | #95 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,812 | 3,842 | #101 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,470 | 3,510 | #115 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,623 | 3,651 | #109 |
| 2015 | 21 | 3,587 | 3,608 | #112 |
| 2014 | 16 | 3,321 | 3,337 | #123 |
| 2013 | 22 | 3,116 | 3,138 | #121 |
| 2012 | 18 | 2,781 | 2,799 | #143 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,169 | 2,182 | #176 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1,257 | 1,262 | #274 |
| 2009 | — | 1,046 | 1,046 | #309 |
| 2008 | — | 942 | 942 | #347 |
| 2007 | — | 923 | 923 | #348 |
| 2006 | 6 | 817 | 823 | #367 |
| 2005 | — | 842 | 842 | #353 |
| 2004 | — | 606 | 606 | #431 |
| 2003 | — | 611 | 611 | #423 |
| 2002 | — | 562 | 562 | #441 |
| 2001 | 6 | 531 | 537 | #456 |
| 2000 | — | 388 | 388 | #545 |
| 1999 | — | 351 | 351 | #569 |
| 1998 | — | 234 | 234 | #712 |
| 1997 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,036 |
| 1996 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,134 |
| 1995 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,208 |
| 1994 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,459 |
| 1993 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,758 |
| 1992 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,861 |
| 1991 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,203 |
| 1990 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,033 |
| 1989 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,088 |
| 1988 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,562 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,426 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,754 |
| 1985 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,139 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,722 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,993 |
| 1982 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,000 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,829 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,354 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,431 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,678 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,124 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,717 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,690 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,024 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,290 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,474 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,364 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,468 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,539 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,831 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,473 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,494 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,614 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,931 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,359 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,855 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,209 |