Kagen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-AHN
- Origin
- Turkish
Kagen is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “supreme ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kagen mean?
Turkish: spelling of Kagan; from the Turkic title kağan (khagan)
“supreme ruler”
From the Turkic title kağan, or khagan, borne by the supreme rulers of the steppe empires.
Meaning borrowed from Kagan.
Is Kagen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kagen is a boys' name.
How popular is Kagen 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 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Kagen in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kagen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Kagen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brayden, Keegan, Aiden, Declan, Finnegan, Finn, Kenan, Kian, Braden, Raiden, Cannon
Names related to Kagen
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
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, “Kagen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kagen, updated 20 October 2026.