Teagan
Girl · TEE-gan · Irish
Teagan is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “poet”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 340th for girls in the US (894 babies).
What does Teagan mean?
Irish: from an Irish surname derived from Tadhg
“poet”
From the Irish surname O Tadhgain, descendant of Tadhgan, a pet form of Tadhg, the Old Irish word for poet.
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Is Teagan a girl's or a boy's name?
Teagan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 894 girls and 104 boys in the US.
How popular is Teagan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Teagan, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 213 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Teagan than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Teagan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Teagan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Teagan 10
- Teigan 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Teagan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 37 | #1,028 |
| 2017 | 41 | #974 |
| 2016 | 52 | #816 |
| 2015 | 59 | #730 |
| 2014 | 82 | #568 |
| 2013 | 92 | #508 |
| 2012 | 130 | #401 |
| 2011 | 161 | #339 |
| 2010 | 176 | #297 |
| 2009 | 194 | #272 |
| 2008 | 183 | #287 |
| 2007 | 187 | #284 |
| 2006 | 213 | #248 |
| 2005 | 165 | #296 |
| 2004 | 114 | #368 |
| 2003 | 113 | #360 |
| 2002 | 99 | #381 |
| 2001 | 65 | #504 |
| 2000 | 42 | #665 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Teagan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #340among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 894about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 894 girls in the US were named Teagan, making it the 340th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 191st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 2,045 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979. 104 boys were also named Teagan in 2025 (1,621st for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Teagan than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Teagan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 994 girls in the US were given Teagan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #338, up from #340 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 90% of the babies named Teagan in the US were girls.
Teagan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 894 | #340 |
| 2024 | 942 | #331 |
| 2023 | 998 | #308 |
| 2022 | 1,108 | #286 |
| 2021 | 1,215 | #255 |
| 2020 | 1,501 | #191 |
| 2019 | 1,600 | #185 |
| 2018 | 1,657 | #178 |
| 2017 | 1,733 | #175 |
| 2016 | 2,045 | #150 |
| 2015 | 1,439 | #231 |
| 2014 | 1,285 | #254 |
| 2013 | 1,226 | #264 |
| 2012 | 1,244 | #259 |
| 2011 | 1,473 | #214 |
| 2010 | 1,304 | #243 |
| 2009 | 1,195 | #276 |
| 2008 | 1,046 | #321 |
| 2007 | 796 | #409 |
| 2006 | 741 | #429 |
| 2005 | 636 | #480 |
| 2004 | 548 | #523 |
| 2003 | 429 | #625 |
| 2002 | 411 | #621 |
| 2001 | 321 | #745 |
| 2000 | 266 | #838 |
| 1999 | 266 | #815 |
| 1998 | 182 | #1,068 |
| 1997 | 158 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 163 | #1,110 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,814 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,739 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Teagan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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