Ragan

Gender: Boy
Say it: RAY-gun
Origin: Irish
US rank, 2025: #13,203 for girls

Ragan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Riagán”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Ragan mean?

Irish: variant of Reagan, from Irish Ó Riagáin

“descendant of Riagán”

The surname became widely known through US President Ronald Reagan.

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

Ragan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ragan in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1 boys.

1998Busiest: 1 in 19982023

Ragan in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	1	#6,556
2022	0	–
2021	0	–
2020	1	#6,143
2019	0	–
2018	1	#6,277
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	1	#6,220
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	0	–
2006	1	#5,377
2005	0	–
2004	0	–
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	1	#3,884

How popular is Ragan in the US?

Rank in 2025: 13,203rd among girls
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ragan, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.

2025 had fewer girls named Ragan than any year since 1972.

Half of all the girls named Ragan in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,887 girls in the US were given Ragan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.

Reagan 1,244
Raegan 589
Reaghan 11
Reigan 9
Raegen 8
Raygan 8
Rheagan 7
Ragan 6

In 2011, 73% of the babies named Ragan in the US were girls.

1963Busiest: 78 in 19982025

Ragan in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	6	#13,203
2024	7	#12,156
2023	7	#12,192
2022	13	#8,027
2021	15	#7,245
2020	7	#12,137
2019	10	#9,730
2018	16	#7,096
2017	16	#7,088
2016	17	#6,898
2015	16	#7,263
2014	16	#7,300
2013	30	#4,643
2012	19	#6,573
2011	24	#5,541
2010	26	#5,245
2009	42	#3,736
2008	51	#3,266
2007	62	#2,890
2006	48	#3,367
2005	54	#2,965
2004	54	#2,923
2003	72	#2,318
2002	65	#2,444
2001	66	#2,375
2000	73	#2,170
1999	71	#2,130
1998	78	#1,937
1997	59	#2,280
1996	52	#2,447
1995	45	#2,682
1994	41	#2,872
1993	29	#3,676
1992	28	#3,767
1991	31	#3,437
1990	29	#3,618
1989	17	#5,043
1988	13	#5,890
1987	17	#4,656
1986	12	#5,754
1985	17	#4,453
1984	28	#3,068
1983	15	#4,685
1982	15	#4,714
1981	33	#2,723
1980	53	#1,981
1979	31	#2,795
1978	38	#2,350
1977	45	#2,091
1976	45	#1,968
1975	45	#1,963
1974	33	#2,348
1973	9	#5,578
1972	5	#8,290
1971	0	–
1970	6	#7,069
1969	7	#5,972
1968	7	#5,641
1967	12	#3,844
1966	18	#2,936
1965	13	#3,548
1964	32	#2,108
1963	5	#6,591

Names like Ragan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ronan, Rogan, Keegan, Conan, Regan, Brogan, Conlan, Declan, Keelan, Keenan, Finn, Brayden

Other spellings of Ragan

Reagan, Raegan, Reaghan, Reigan, Raegen, Raygan, Rheagan, Raigan

More Irish names

Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon

Every Irish name

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