Raigan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAY-gun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Raigan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Riagán”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Raigan mean?
Irish: variant of Reagan, from Irish Ó Riagáin
“descendant of Riagán”
Is Raigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Raigan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raigan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 3 boys.
Raigan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Raigan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Raigan, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Raigan than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Raigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,887 girls in the US were given Raigan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Raigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Raigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Rogan, Conan, Ronan, Regan, Conlan, Brogan, Declan, Keelan, Finn, Keenan, Brayden
Other spellings of Raigan
Reagan, Raegan, Reaghan, Reigan, Raegen, Raygan, Rheagan, Ragan
Names related to Raigan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
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, “Raigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raigan, updated 20 October 2026.