Deegan
Boy · DEE-gun · Irish
Deegan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,020th for boys in the US (74 babies).
Where does Deegan come from?
Irish: anglicized Irish surname
- Say it
- DEE-gun
Is Deegan a girl's or a boy's name?
Deegan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 74 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deegan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Deegan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Deegan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Deegan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Deegan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,020among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were named Deegan, making it the 2,020th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,609th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 259 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Deegan than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Deegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were given Deegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,518, up from #2,020 for this spelling alone.
Deegan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,673 |
| 2023 | 98 | #1,711 |
| 2022 | 91 | #1,792 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,529 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,609 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,401 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,458 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 163 | #1,169 |
| 2015 | 173 | #1,111 |
| 2014 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2013 | 207 | #966 |
| 2012 | 222 | #925 |
| 2011 | 259 | #833 |
| 2010 | 230 | #893 |
| 2009 | 201 | #985 |
| 2008 | 201 | #984 |
| 2007 | 177 | #1,059 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,361 |
| 2004 | 77 | #1,668 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Deegan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Declan Aiden Kayden Conan Keegan Kian Caelan Brogan Conlan Brody
Other spellings of Deegan
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