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Egan

#4,067 in 2025Boys' name

Áed with the suffix -acán

Egan has been given to 1,268 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #4,067 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 49 recorded.

Babies named Egan, 2025

1 in 128,000

Egan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Egan: meaning, origin, and history

Áed with the suffix -acán

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Egan means

Egan is formed from Áed with the suffix -acán.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Egan is used in English.

Egan comes through Irish Ó hAodhagáin and Old Irish Áedacán.

Egan is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Áed.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Egan is pronounced /ˈiːɡən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,219 boys were recorded with the name Egan between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 49 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,364 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,510 in 2020 to #4,067 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,717 in 2015 to #4,067 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 girls were recorded with the name Egan between 1984 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1985; its best national rank was #7,115 in 1985.

How common is Egan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,067
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Egan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Egan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Egans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Egan was born before 2007 — so the typical Egan is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,208
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Choose a decade

2000s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (398).

Is Egan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−58
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−557
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−350
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.90×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
53.1%
Peak was 2019 (49)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,364
2003

Spellings of Egan

Egan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 21.0% against Egan's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Egan is used

Across 1910–2025, Egan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 881,229 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Egan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Egan around the world

Where Egan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2021–2021
    #433
    in 2021
  • France
    1999–2022
    #4,930
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2003–2022
    #2,335
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1986–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Egan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,067
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 557
Best rank ever
#2,364
2003
Peak year
2019
49 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,219
Count in 2025
26

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,115
1985
Peak year
1985
9 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Egan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Egan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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