Teagan
Little poet or small poet of Irish origin.
Name Census estimates that about 33,671 living Americans carry the first name Teagan. It sits at #333 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 83.9% of registrations being female. The average person named Teagan today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Teagan births was 2016 (2,220 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Teagan. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Teagan with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Teagan is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 13 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
34K
~ 1 in 10,180 Americans
Peak year
2016
2,220 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#333
Tracked since 1979
Census
Teagan in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 26,042 people with the first name Teagan, which placed it at #1,369 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#1,369
National first-name rank
People counted
26K
26,042 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
8.6
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
82.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Teagan
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Teagan is White at 82.1%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (7.2%) and Hispanic (5.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Teagan described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Teagan at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White82.1% · 21,386
- Two or more races7.2% · 1,879
- Hispanic or Latino5.9% · 1,531
- Black or African American2.9% · 757
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 293
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 196
Gender
Gender distribution for Teagan
Teagan leans heavily female at 83.9% of total registrations, but 5,491 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Teagan as a male name
- Ranked #1,462 in 2024
- 124 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2009 (382 births)
Teagan as a female name
- Ranked #333 in 2024
- 936 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2016 (2,045 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Teagan leans strongly female. 21,546 people counted with this name were female (82.7%), compared with 4,496 male bearers (17.3%).
Popularity
Teagan: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Teagan from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 17,200 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Teagan remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Teagan by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Teagan during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Teagans live
The SSA's state-level files cover 51 states and territories. California, Texas, Pennsylvania recorded the most babies named Teagan, while District of Columbia, Vermont, Wyoming recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 607 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Teagan
The given name Teagan has its origins in the Irish language and culture. It is derived from the Old Irish words "tadhg" or "tadhgan," which mean "poet" or "philosopher." The name gained popularity in Ireland during the early medieval period, around the 5th to 7th centuries.
The name Teagan is closely associated with St. Tegan, a 6th-century Irish missionary who traveled to Brittany, France, to spread Christianity. He is venerated as the patron saint of Guingamp, a town in Brittany, and his name is commemorated in several place names in the region.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Teagan can be found in the Annals of Ulster, a chronicle of medieval Irish history. The Annals mention a "Tadhgan mac Muiredhaigh" in the year 954 AD, who was the abbot of Armagh and a prominent figure in the Irish church at the time.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Teagan. One of the most famous was Tadhg Óg Ó Súilleabháin (1667-1718), an Irish harper and composer who is regarded as one of the last great representatives of the ancient Gaelic bardic tradition.
Another notable Teagan was Tadhg Dermot O'Brien (1654-1691), an Irish Jacobite soldier who fought in the Williamite War in Ireland. He was known for his bravery and loyalty to the deposed King James II.
In the 19th century, Tadhg Gaedhlach Ó Súilleabháin (1828-1903) was a prominent Irish language scholar and lexicographer who contributed significantly to the preservation of the Irish language and its literature.
Teagan Fitzgerald (1856-1923) was an Irish politician and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who advocated for Home Rule and Irish independence.
Tadhg Kennelly (born 1981) is an Irish-Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Sydney Swans and was a part of their 2005 and 2012 premiership-winning teams.
People
Teagan + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Teagan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Teagan: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Teagan?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 33,671 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Teagan going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 10,180 US residents.
Is Teagan a common name?
We classify Teagan as "Uncommon". It ranks above 98.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 34,006 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Teagan most popular?
The single biggest year for Teagan was 2016, when 2,220 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Teagan is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Teagan in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 26,042 people with the name Teagan, or 8.62 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,369 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Teagan in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Teagan?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Teagan leans strongly female. 21,546 people counted with this name were female (82.7%), compared with 4,496 male bearers (17.3%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Teagan?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Teagan is White at 82.1%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (7.2%) and Hispanic (5.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Teagan most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Teagan in the 2020 Census, accounting for 82.1% (21,386 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Teagan in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Teagan a female name?
Yes, 83.9% of people registered as Teagan in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Teagan still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Teagan in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Teagan can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Teagan?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.