Unisex name ★ peaked 2016

Teagan

Meaning A male given name from Irish Gender Unisex · 84% girls Rank 2025 #341 Trend ↓ Falling 38%

A male given name from Irish.

Rank 2025
#341
among girls · ↓9 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
998
named Teagan · -6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,798
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2016
2,220 babies
All-time total
35,016
#849 all-time among girls
First recorded
1979
in Social Security records

Teagan popularity over time

35,016 babies have been named Teagan since 1979, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s 6 – 6 1 – #10,091
1980s 191 38 229 23 +3717% #2,717
1990s 1,171 365 1,536 154 +571% #817
2000s 6,389 2,246 8,635 864 +462% #276
2010s 15,006 2,195 17,201 1,720 +99% #150
2020s (to 2025) 6,658 751 7,409 1,235 -28% #192

Where Teagan is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 827 0.51 #371
2027 774 0.48 #403
2028 732 0.46 #426
2029 698 0.43 #442
2030 670 0.42 #461

Where Teagan is most popular

Girls named Teagan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.636 per 1,000. Strongest in Montana, Connecticut, and Hawaii.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Teagan born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Montana 31 2.29 +260%
Connecticut 90 1.55 +143%
Hawaii 17 1.48 +133%
Wisconsin 149 1.45 +128%
South Dakota 20 1.40 +120%
Maine 20 1.29 +103%
Minnesota 139 1.29 +103%
West Virginia 33 1.26 +98%
Delaware 14 1.23 +94%
North Dakota 16 1.22 +92%
South Carolina 109 1.21 +91%
Ohio 279 1.18 +85%
Pennsylvania 278 1.18 +85%
Kansas 66 1.14 +80%
New Hampshire 21 1.14 +79%
Maryland 118 1.11 +75%
Massachusetts 134 1.11 +74%
Nebraska 39 1.08 +71%
Virginia 180 1.06 +66%
Oklahoma 77 1.05 +65%
Iowa 59 1.01 +59%
Indiana 140 0.997 +57%
Arkansas 52 0.984 +55%
Oregon 63 0.968 +52%
Rhode Island 12 0.958 +51%
Alaska 8 0.929 +46%
Michigan 168 0.922 +45%
Colorado 102 0.914 +44%
Washington 126 0.872 +37%
New Jersey 157 0.870 +37%
North Carolina 196 0.861 +35%
Missouri 98 0.813 +28%
Illinois 181 0.791 +24%
Alabama 74 0.788 +24%
Idaho 26 0.777 +22%
Tennessee 116 0.732 +15%
Georgia 162 0.713 +12%
Nevada 33 0.710 +12%
Kentucky 56 0.655 ≈ national
Mississippi 30 0.641 ≈ national
New Mexico 15 0.617 ≈ national
New York 230 0.581 -9%
Arizona 81 0.577 -9%
Florida 233 0.545 -14%
Louisiana 44 0.503 -21%
Utah 41 0.493 -22%
California 366 0.435 -32%
Texas 344 0.428 -33%
District of Columbia – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Teagan

Teagan is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #341 in 2025 with 894 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1979, 35,016 American babies have been named Teagan, about 84% girls and 16% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2016, when 2,220 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Teagan stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Teagan?

The median living Teagan is about 11 years old; half are between 6 and 17. An estimated 35 thousand people named Teagan are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Teagan year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 894 #341 104 #1,631
2024 942 #332 124 #1,469
2023 998 #308 136 #1,378
2022 1,108 #286 129 #1,424
2021 1,215 #255 125 #1,449
2020 1,501 #192 133 #1,346
2019 1,600 #185 144 #1,294
2018 1,657 #178 148 #1,253
2017 1,733 #175 149 #1,234
2016 2,045 #150 175 #1,120
2015 1,439 #231 202 #1,011
2014 1,285 #254 214 #980
2013 1,226 #264 222 #924
2012 1,244 #259 304 #753
2011 1,473 #214 295 #762
2010 1,304 #243 342 #688
2009 1,195 #276 382 #652
2008 1,046 #321 366 #663
2007 796 #412 352 #676
2006 741 #430 243 #840
2005 636 #480 208 #878
2004 548 #523 189 #906
2003 429 #627 143 #1,087
2002 411 #623 151 #1,021
2001 321 #748 113 #1,201
2000 266 #838 99 #1,310
1995 78 #1,836 38 #2,173
1990 49 #2,490 18 #3,448
1985 30 #3,077 – –
1980 – – – –
1975 – – – –
1970 – – – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Teagan, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Teagan?

The median living Teagan is about 11 years old. Half of all living Teagans are between 6 and 17 years old.

How many people named Teagan are alive today?

An estimated 35 thousand people named Teagan are alive in the United States, based on 35,016 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Teagan mean?

A male given name from Irish.

How popular is the name Teagan in 2025?

Teagan ranked #341 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 894 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Teagan?

35,016 babies have been named Teagan in the United States since 1979, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Teagan most popular?

Teagan peaked in 2016, when 2,220 newborns received the name.

Is Teagan a boy or girl name?

Teagan is used for both: about 84% of babies named Teagan have been girls and 16% boys.

Is the name Teagan rising or falling?

Teagan is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Teagan become more popular?

Teagan is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 670 girls named Teagan in 2030, which would rank around #461. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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