How Many People Are Named Ragan?

2,180

people named Ragan are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 156,782 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,260 babies named Ragan in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,372

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,558

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Peak Year

1998

89 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
83.5%
Male
16.5%

Of the babies given the name Ragan, 83.5% were girls and 16.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ragan rose from 57% in the 1960s to 81.5% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ragan alive today is about 31 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 1,229
56.4%
30 to 59 863
39.6%
60 and over 88
4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ragan first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1998, to 89 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ragan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,948, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #14,525. Among boys, its best rank was #2,242, in 1965.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#14,525Not ranked
Best rank#1,948 (1998)#2,242 (1965)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#2,809 in the 2000s#6,288 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ragan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ragan were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 74 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ragan was given 9 times as often in Tennessee, 7.3 times in North Carolina and 5.4 times in Georgia.

North Carolina 74
Texas 72
Tennessee 65
Georgia 59
Alabama 33
Missouri 13
South Carolina 12
California 11
Florida 10
Louisiana 7
Mississippi 5

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