Dugan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOO-gan
- Origin
- Irish
Dugan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dugan mean?
Irish: Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Dubhagáin, from dubh 'dark'
“little dark one”
An Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Dubhagáin, 'descendant of the little dark one'.
Is Dugan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dugan is a boys' name.
How popular is Dugan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Dugan in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dugan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Dugan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Declan, Brayden, Brennan, Keenan, Conan, Ronan, Deegan, Aiden, Teagan, Devin, Kenan
Names related to Dugan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
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, “Dugan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dugan, updated 20 October 2026.