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Declan
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About Declan
The name Declan is currently ranked #139 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #95 in 2019. The name is most popular in DECLAN, DECLAN, and DECLAN. Declan is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #122 | 3,321 | 1,728.9 |
| 2015 | #112 | 3,587 | 1,871.4 |
| 2016 | #109 | 3,622 | 1,908.6 |
| 2017 | #115 | 3,469 | 1,874.2 |
| 2018 | #101 | 3,812 | 2,098.9 |
| 2019 | #95 | 3,971 | 2,213.2 |
| 2020 | #102 | 3,601 | 2,086.2 |
| 2021 | #106 | 3,646 | 2,084 |
| 2022 | #114 | 3,344 | 1,915.2 |
| 2023 | #132 | 2,814 | 1,645.1 |
| 2024 | #131 | 2,758 | 1,600.8 |
| 2025 | #139 | 2,570 | 1,504.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Declans
- Declan Patrick (Aloysius) McManus
birth name of Elvis Costello, British singer,songwriter
- Declan Quinn
Irish,American cinematographer
- Declan 'Dec' Donnelly
British presenter
- Declan Donnellan
English film and stage director
- Declan Kidney
former Irish rugby union coach
- Declan James Ganley
Irish CEO and political activist
- Declan 'Fabio' O'Brien
Irish footballer
- Declan O'Rourke
Irish singer,songwriter
- Declan Lowney
Irish TV and film director
- Declan John Galbraith
English singer
- Declan McKenna
British singer,songwriter
- Declan O'Malley
son of actor Mike O'Malley
- Declan James McMahon (b. 2004)
son of wrestling mogul Shane McMahon
- Declan Sawyers (b. 2008)
son of soccer player Julie Foudy and Ian Sawyers
- Declan George McBride (b. 2011)
son of actor Danny McBride
- Declan O'Hare (b. 2011)
son of actor Denis O'Hare
- Declan Stump (b. 2013)
son of musician Patrick Stump
Declan in pop culture
- Declan Flaherty
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Declan Desmond
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Declan O'Callaghan
character from movie "Leap Year"
- Declan Porter
character from TV series, Revenge
- Declan McDonough
character on the TV series, Kyle XY
- Declan Coyne
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation'
- Declan Dunn
main character on TV's "Mysterious Ways"
- Declan Doyle
character on the television show "Criminal Minds"
- Declan Foray
character in "Experiment in Terror" by Karina Halle
- Declan Murphy
main character in "Letters to the Lost" by Brigid Kemmerer
- Declan Ross
main character in "Isle of Swords" by Wayne Thomas Batson
- Declan Connor
character from Virgins of paradise, by Barbara Wood
- Declan O'Duinne
character in the Longbow series by Wayne Grant
- Declan Rand
character in the TV series Psych
- Declan Lynch
character from the Raven Cycle book series by Maggie Stiefvater
- Declan "Gill" Giloglie the Third
character from Acorna, The Unicorn Girl (Series by Anne McCaffery and Margaret Ball
- Declan Rivers
character in the "Jocelyn Frost Series" by Relina Skye
- Declan Broekhart
character in "Airman" by Eoin Colfer
