How Many People Are Named Tegan?
people named Tegan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,961 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,363 babies named Tegan in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
446 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Welsh teg "fair".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tegan, 72.5% were girls and 27.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tegan fell from 100% in the 1970s to 68.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tegan alive today is about 17 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tegan first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2011, to 446 babies. In 2025, 127 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tegan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #780, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #2,297. Among boys, its best rank was #975, in 2007.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,297 | #2,751 |
| Best rank | #780 (2011) | #975 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #956 in the 2010s | #1,382 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tegan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tegan were born in California than in any other state: about 654 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tegan was given 2.6 times as often in Colorado, 2.3 times in Minnesota and 2 times in Utah.
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