Boys' name · since 2011
Declen
Declen has 82 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,130 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Declen currently ranks #13130 among boys' names in America, with 82 babies recorded since 2011.
Declen has 82 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13130 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #18,703 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,130 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Declen ranks #18,703 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,130 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 82 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,130 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Declen's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Declen compares
82 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Declen's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Declen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Declen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Declen's full recorded timeline at 2017, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Declen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Declen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Declen's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Declen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Declen's data
- Declen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Declen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Declen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.