Boy · Irish Gaelic
Declan
Say it: DEK-lun
Meaning
An Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, the name of an early Irish saint; its meaning is unknown, and the popular 'full of goodness' is not supported.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A traditional Irish saint's name that spread in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 43,610 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 451 boys
- 3,607 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Irish | Deaglán |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Declan of Ardmore, early Irish saint
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.