Egan
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Egan is a boys' name, meaning “descendant of Aodhagán”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Egan mean?
“descendant of Aodhagán”
An unknown-gender given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Egan a girl's or a boy's name?
Egan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Egan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Egan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Egan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Egan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Egan, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Egan than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Egan in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Egan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Egan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Kayden Brody Conan Aiden Keegan Declan Kian Caelan Conlan Brogan
Names related to Egan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Egan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/egan, updated 20 October 2026.