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Tegan

#2,297 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Tegan has been given to 9,363 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #2,297 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 350 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Tegan, 2025

1 in 41,400

Tegan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Tegan went to 63% girls and 37% boys.

19572025

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.

Tegan: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Welsh and Irish

What Tegan means

Tegan has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: “pet, darling”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”). * (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname. * (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Tegan (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Tegan is used in English. Its origins include Welsh and Irish.

Tegan comes through Welsh tegan, Irish Ó Tadhgáin and Irish Tadhg.

Tegan is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tadhg and Teagan.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Tegan is pronounced /ˈtiːɡən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,789 girls were recorded with the name Tegan between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 350 in 2011; its best national rank was #780 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,235 in 2020 to #2,297 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #951 in 2015 to #2,297 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,574 boys were recorded with the name Tegan between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 202 in 2007; its best national rank was #975 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,183 in 2020 to #2,751 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,472 in 2015 to #2,751 in 2025.

How common is Tegan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 41,400
80 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 20,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,297
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
28,725 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tegan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 5001%

Put another way: gather 28,725 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tegan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tegans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tegan was born before 2010 — so the typical Tegan is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,789
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (2,811).

Is Tegan 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
−245
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,062
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,346
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.9%
Peak was 2011 (350)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#780
2011

Spellings of Tegan

Tegan is not the most common spelling — Jean is, with 35.2% against Tegan's 0.52%.

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 Tegan is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Tegan was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 10,312 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 50,000).

220 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 5,000
  2. 2Washington1 in 5,556
  3. 3Ohio1 in 5,882
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 5,882
  5. 5Arizona1 in 6,250
  6. 6Wisconsin1 in 6,667
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 7,143
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Where Tegan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Tegan was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 43,933 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 16,667
  2. 2Indiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 20,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in 25,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 25,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 25,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 33,333
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 33,333

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.

Tegan around the world

Where Tegan 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
    1996–2025
    #2,006
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1984–2022
    #625
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    1998–2021
    #446
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    1996–2025
    #544
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,463
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1973–2013
    #275
    in 2013
  • New South Wales
    1984–1996
    #74
    in 1996

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Tegan

People whose public names include Tegan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Tegan by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,297
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,062
Best rank ever
#780
2011
Peak year
2011
350 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,789
Count in 2025
80

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,751
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 568
Best rank ever
#975
2007
Peak year
2007
202 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,574
Count in 2025
47

Names similar to Tegan

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

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Names with a curve like Tegan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Tegan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Tegan

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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