Tegan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEG-an
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Tegan is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fair, lovely”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Tegan mean?
Welsh: from teg, fair
“fair, lovely”
Usually linked to Welsh teg, fair; tegan is also the everyday Welsh word for a toy.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tegan a girl's or a boy's name?
Tegan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 80 girls and 47 boys in the US.
How popular is Tegan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Tegan, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 577 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Tegan since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Tegan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Tegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Tegan 14
- Teegan 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Tegan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 33 | #1,109 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 44 | #905 |
| 2017 | 52 | #817 |
| 2016 | 74 | #619 |
| 2015 | 106 | #461 |
| 2014 | 145 | #348 |
| 2013 | 150 | #347 |
| 2012 | 251 | #219 |
| 2011 | 282 | #200 |
| 2010 | 369 | #161 |
| 2009 | 445 | #138 |
| 2008 | 448 | #132 |
| 2007 | 505 | #121 |
| 2006 | 573 | #103 |
| 2005 | 526 | #109 |
| 2004 | 529 | #111 |
| 2003 | 577 | #99 |
| 2002 | 487 | #111 |
| 2001 | 498 | #113 |
| 2000 | 331 | #155 |
| 1999 | 192 | #239 |
| 1998 | 187 | #251 |
| 1997 | 184 | #244 |
| 1996 | 125 | #315 |
How popular is Tegan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Tegan, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,231st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 350 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 47 boys were also named Tegan in 2025 (2,718th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tegan than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Tegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Tegan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
- Tegan 80
- Teegan 36
Girls were 93% of the babies named Tegan in the US in 1984, and 63% in 2025.
Tegan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,040 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,826 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,337 |
| 2020 | 185 | #1,231 |
| 2019 | 204 | #1,170 |
| 2018 | 236 | #1,075 |
| 2017 | 271 | #969 |
| 2016 | 308 | #902 |
| 2015 | 286 | #949 |
| 2014 | 324 | #850 |
| 2013 | 304 | #853 |
| 2012 | 253 | #999 |
| 2011 | 350 | #777 |
| 2010 | 275 | #939 |
| 2009 | 257 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 244 | #1,070 |
| 2007 | 173 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2005 | 145 | #1,462 |
| 2004 | 138 | #1,463 |
| 2003 | 137 | #1,438 |
| 2002 | 94 | #1,885 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,658 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,865 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,959 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,937 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,881 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,601 |
| 1989 | 107 | #1,394 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,550 |
| 1987 | 107 | #1,299 |
| 1986 | 112 | #1,224 |
| 1985 | 129 | #1,118 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Names like Tegan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Keira Ffion Raegan Caoimhe Eden Aoibheann Cassidy Caragh Rhiannon Caitlin Rowan
Other spellings of Tegan
Names related to Tegan
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, “Tegan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tegan, updated 20 October 2026.