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Tegan
Pronounced /ˈtiːɡən/
Rank in 2024
#2,049
Born in 2024
94
Peak year
2011 · #777
Origin
Irish, Welsh
Also recorded for boys:54 in 2024 (#2,504)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 94 girls were named Tegan, about 1 in every 17,162.
- It peaked in 2011 with 350 babies, ranked #777.
- It first shows up in the records in 1957.
- 6,706 girls have been named Tegan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tegan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,216 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,647 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,611 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
(female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”). (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname. (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.
- A female given name from Welsh.
- A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.
- Origin
- Irish, Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈtiːɡən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tegan, CC BY-SA 4.0.