Decklan
Boy · DEK-lan · Irish
Decklan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Decklan mean?
Irish: spelling of Deklan, itself a spelling of Declan, from Irish Déaglán
Saint Declan was an early Irish missionary bishop who founded the monastery at Ardmore, County Waterford.
- Say it
- DEK-lan
Meaning borrowed from Deklan.
Is Decklan a girl's or a boy's name?
Decklan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Decklan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 boys.
Decklan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Decklan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Decklan, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Decklan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,746 boys in the US were given Decklan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Decklan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 50 | #2,490 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
Names like Decklan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Ronan Finn Conan Keegan Brogan Conlan Callan Aiden Rogan Keelan Kayden
Other spellings of Decklan
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