Taegan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAY-gen
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Taegan is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, lovely”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Taegan mean?
Welsh: variant of Tegan, from teg 'fair, beautiful'
“fair, lovely”
Is Taegan a girl's or a boy's name?
Taegan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taegan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 girls.
Taegan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Taegan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Taegan, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Taegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 73% of the babies named Taegan in the US were girls.
Taegan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
Names like Taegan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Tegan, Keira, Caoimhe, Raegan, Ffion, Eden, Rowan, Aoibheann, Cassidy, Ocean, Caragh
Names related to Taegan
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Taegan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taegan, updated 20 October 2026.