Egan Boy
How popular is Egan?
#4,049 boy name in 2025
26 baby boys were named Egan in the US in 2025, making it the 4049th most popular boy name.
Egan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,049 for boys (▼ 65 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #3,495 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (49 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,345 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Egan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Egan family of names ranked #2,725 for boys in 2025 (#2,360 the year before), with 33 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Egan | 26 | 79% |
| Eagan | 7 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Egan is most popular
Babies named Egan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Egan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,987 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,600 |
| 1970s | 65 | #2,776 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,255 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,187 |
| 2000s | 398 | #2,345 |
| 2010s | 325 | #2,625 |
| 2020s | 167 | #3,495 |
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Questions
- Is Egan a boy or girl name?
- Egan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Egan were boys.
- How popular is the name Egan?
- 26 baby boys were named Egan in the US in 2025, making it the 4049th most popular boy name.
- When was Egan most popular?
- Egan peaked in 2019, when 49 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,345 in 2003.
- How many people are named Egan?
- 1,268 babies have been named Egan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,229 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Egan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Egan was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.