Teegan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEG-an
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Teegan is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, lovely”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Teegan mean?
Welsh: spelling of Tegan; from teg, fair
“fair, lovely”
Usually linked to Welsh teg, fair; tegan is also the everyday Welsh word for a toy.
Meaning borrowed from Tegan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Teegan a girl's or a boy's name?
Teegan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 36 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Teegan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Teegan, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 93 girls.
2025 had more girls named Teegan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Teegan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Teegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Tegan 14
- Teegan 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Teegan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 48 | #848 |
| 2012 | 61 | #725 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 89 | #506 |
| 2009 | 93 | #491 |
| 2008 | 85 | #508 |
| 2007 | 60 | #648 |
| 2006 | 82 | #507 |
| 2005 | 71 | #525 |
| 2004 | 58 | #586 |
| 2003 | 54 | #599 |
| 2002 | 42 | #689 |
| 2001 | 44 | #649 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Teegan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Teegan, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 146 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985. 31 boys were also named Teegan in 2025 (3,582nd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Teegan than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Teegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Teegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Tegan 80
- Teegan 36
In 2000, 41% of the babies named Teegan in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 54%, with more girls than boys since 2014.
Teegan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 92 | #2,071 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 95 | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 146 | #1,541 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,715 |
| 2010 | 110 | #1,847 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Teegan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Caoimhe Keira Raegan Ffion Aoibheann Eden Cassidy Caragh Rowan Eowyn Ocean
Other spellings of Teegan
Names related to Teegan
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, “Teegan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teegan, updated 20 October 2026.