Declan

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Origin and Meaning of Declan

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• A user from Australia says the name Declan is of English origin and means "Very Awesome".
• A user from Canada says the name Declan is of Irish origin and means "Epic".
• A user from Oregon, United States says the name Declan is of Irish origin and means "Man of prayer".
• A user from Virginia, United States says the name Declan is of Celtic origin and means "Full of Godness".

Other origins: German

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1. A male given name, anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Deaglán.

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• How Popular is the name Declan? Declan is the 1,322^nd most popular name of all time.
• How many people with the first name Declan have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 32,130 babies born with the first name Declan in the United States. That's more than enough people named Declan to occupy the territory of Gibraltar (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 29,441 (as of July 1, 2010).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Declan? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1951 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
• When was Declan first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Declan is Wednesday, July 15th, 1885.
• What year had the most people named Declan born? The highest recorded use of the first name Declan was in 2016 with a total of 3,613 babies. That's a lot of babies named Declan!
• Random Declan Factoid: According to the 2015 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Declan ranks 79^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Minnesota. Imagine that, 93 babies in Minnesota have the same name as you in 2015.
• Weird things about the name Declan: Your name in reverse order is Nalced. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Lnaedc. How do you pronounce that?

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