Deklyn
Mostly boys · DEK-lin · Irish
Deklyn is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Deklyn mean?
Irish: respelling of Declan
A respelling of Declan, after Saint Declan, an early Irish saint associated with Ardmore in County Waterford.
- Say it
- DEK-lin
Is Deklyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Deklyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Deklyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Deklyn, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Deklyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,746 boys in the US were given Deklyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 23% of the babies named Deklyn in the US were girls.
Deklyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,207 |
| 2015 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Deklyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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