Kagan
Boy · kah-AHN · Turkish
Kagan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “supreme ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kagan mean?
Turkish: from the Turkic title kağan (khagan)
“supreme ruler”
From the Turkic title kağan, or khagan, borne by the supreme rulers of the steppe empires.
- Say it
- kah-AHN
Is Kagan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kagan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kagan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 boys.
Kagan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kagan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kagan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Kagan in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, 20% of the babies named Kagan in the US were girls.
Kagan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Kagan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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