Teagen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEE-gan
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Teagen is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “poet”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Teagen mean?
Irish: spelling of Teagan; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Teagan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Teagen a girl's or a boy's name?
Teagen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Teagen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
Teagen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Teagen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Teagen, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985. 7 boys were also named Teagen in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Teagen in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 994 girls in the US were given Teagen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #338, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 27% of the babies named Teagen in the US in 2002, and 74% in 2023.
Teagen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
Names like Teagen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Keira Aoibheann Eden Cassidy Raegan Caragh Eireann Rowan Aoife Fiadh Ocean
Other spellings of Teagen
Names related to Teagen
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Teagen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teagen, updated 20 October 2026.