Degan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEE-gun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Degan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Degan come from?
Irish: spelling of Deegan; anglicized Irish surname
Meaning borrowed from Deegan.
Is Degan a girl's or a boy's name?
Degan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Degan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Degan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Degan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were given Degan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,518, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Degan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Names like Degan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Keegan, Brayden, Ronan, Finnegan, Aiden, Finn, Kayden, Teagan, Deacon, Rogan, Kellan
Other spellings of Degan
Names related to Degan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Degan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/degan, updated 20 October 2026.