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Kaegan

Boy · KAY-gan · Irish

Kaegan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kaegan mean?

Irish: spelling of Keegan, from Mac Aodhagain

“little fire”

Keegan comes from an Irish surname built on Aodh, 'fire', a common early Irish name.

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Is Kaegan a girl's or a boy's name?

Kaegan is a boys' name.

How popular is Kaegan in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the boys named Kaegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2011, 35% of the babies named Kaegan in the US were girls.

1992Busiest: 28 in 20072024
Kaegan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20230–
20226#10,855
20215#12,141
20207#9,548
20196#10,797
20188#8,813
20177#9,691
201613#6,344
201510#7,486
20149#8,124
201311#7,021
201210#7,553
201120#4,657
201024#4,098
200923#4,276
200823#4,264
200728#3,685
200616#5,299
200512#6,220
200424#3,731
200314#5,265
200214#5,124
200115#4,884
200010#6,309
19998#7,132
199812#5,153
199717#3,872
199613#4,606
199511#5,118
19949#5,862
19935#8,693
19925#8,426

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