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Hagan

#3,880 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Hagan has been given to 1,623 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,880 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 73 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Hagan, 2025

1 in 118,000

Hagan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hagan over time

In 2025, Hagan went to 15% girls and 85% boys.

19142025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hagan: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hagan means

Hagan is a given name.

The naming story behind Hagan

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Hagan in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 365.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Dan. Teu. hook”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Hagan, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,455 boys were recorded with the name Hagan between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 2009; its best national rank was #1,945 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,054 in 2020 to #3,880 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,782 in 2015 to #3,880 in 2025.

In the United States, 168 girls were recorded with the name Hagan between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2014; its best national rank was #8,638 in 2014.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #13,503 in 2015 to #15,722 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Hagan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,880
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hagan 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 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hagan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hagans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hagan was born before 2008 — so the typical Hagan is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,411
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Choose a decade

2000s — 35.5% of all recorded uses (516).

Is Hagan 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
−50
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+174
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,098
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.4%
Peak was 2009 (73)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,945
2009

Spellings of Hagan

Hagan is not the most common spelling — Logan is, with 40.0% against Hagan's 0.15%.

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 Hagan is used

Across 1910–2025, Hagan was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 246,551 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 100,000
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in —
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 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. Hagan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hagan around the world

Where Hagan 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
    1999–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2019–2019
    #2,943
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1988–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hagan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,880
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 174
Best rank ever
#1,945
2009
Peak year
2009
73 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,455
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,722
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#8,638
2014
Peak year
2014
13 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
168
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Hagan

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

HagenHoganRoganTeganSaganKaganTeeganEganReganKeganDeganDeaganEaganKeiganDaeganHagopMeganDaganTeiganDeeganNeganBroganTeaganYugan

Sibling names for Hagan

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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