Eagan
Boy · EE-gun · Irish
Eagan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Eagan mean?
Irish: variant of Egan, from the surname Mac Aodhagáin
“little fire”
Anglicised from an Irish surname built on the old name Aodh, meaning 'fire'.
- Say it
- EE-gun
Is Eagan a girl's or a boy's name?
Eagan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eagan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Eagan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eagan than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Eagan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eagan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Eagan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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