Taegen
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- TAY-gen
- Origin
- Welsh
Taegen is a name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, lovely”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Taegen mean?
Welsh: spelling of Taegan, itself a variant of Tegan, from teg 'fair, beautiful'
“fair, lovely”
Meaning borrowed from Taegan.
Is Taegen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Taegen has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Taegen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Taegen in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taegen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names related to Taegen
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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, “Taegen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taegen, updated 20 October 2026.