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Raegan

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
RAY-gan
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls
US rank, 2025
#505 for girls

Raegan is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 505th for girls in the US (589 babies).

What does Raegan mean?

Irish: spelling of Reagan, from the surname Ó Riagáin

A spelling of Reagan, from the Irish surname Ó Riagáin, descendant of Riagán.

More on Wiktionary.

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

In recent years, Raegan has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 589 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Raegan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,076th among girls
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Raegan, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Raegan than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Raegan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Raegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.

In 2024, 78% of the babies named Raegan in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 20172025
Raegan in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
202418#1,726
202317#1,798
202218#1,730
202122#1,491
202018#1,708
201916#1,871
201816#1,904
201726#1,356
201620#1,653
201520#1,622
201411#2,462
201318#1,727
201218#1,756
201112#2,265
201022#1,475
200915#1,848
200811#2,286
200713#1,964
200618#1,481
200514#1,692
200414#1,634
200312#1,730
200213#1,553
200118#1,204
200016#1,290
199914#1,415
199817#1,238
199717#1,227
199621#1,024

How popular is Raegan in the US?

Rank in 2025
505th among girls
Babies in 2025
589 about 1 in 2,700 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 589 girls in the US were named Raegan, making it the 505th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 259th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,406 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963. 5 boys were also named Raegan in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Raegan than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Raegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,887 girls in the US were given Raegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #505 for this spelling alone.

1963Busiest: 1,406 in 20192025
Raegan in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025589#505
2024683#458
2023730#420
2022994#324
20211,126#281
20201,172#259
20191,406#219
20181,245#264
20171,218#262
20161,133#282
20151,167#271
20141,025#323
20131,043#307
20121,082#295
2011931#342
2010889#359
2009862#374
2008816#395
2007816#401
2006727#438
2005619#493
2004598#492
2003515#541
2002524#522
2001478#550
2000411#618
1999317#713
1998284#757
1997263#792
1996181#1,030
1995158#1,117
1994123#1,354
199374#1,894
199259#2,234
199152#2,414
199037#3,017
198929#3,471
198828#3,388
198722#3,854
198622#3,755
198514#5,075
198420#3,873
198316#4,475
198216#4,526
198151#2,028
198085#1,433
197990#1,364
197876#1,487
197781#1,380
197642#2,060
197576#1,381
197454#1,688
197319#3,341
197214#4,091
19719#5,541
19708#5,817
196910#4,722
19689#4,778
196712#3,844
196618#2,936
196517#3,049
196420#2,824
19639#4,538

Names like Raegan

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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, “Raegan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raegan, updated 20 October 2026.