Deklen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEK-lan
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Deklen is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Deklen 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.
Meaning borrowed from Deklan.
Is Deklen a girl's or a boy's name?
Deklen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deklen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Deklen, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Deklen 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 Deklen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Deklen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Deklen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Kayden Aiden Finn Ronan Finnegan Deegan Raiden Deacon Brecken Keegan Callan
Other spellings of Deklen
Names related to Deklen
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Deklen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deklen, updated 20 October 2026.