girls:
1.1k births since 1996
#4631 (19th percentile)
boys:
385 births since 1999
#4201 (8th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1996
#6275 (19th percentile)
The name Taegan is the #6,275 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,470 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 18.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,631 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 1,085 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,201 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 385 births since 1999.
Taegan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for girls and 1999 for boys).
The name Taegan has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Taegan were girls.
For girls, Taegan reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #907) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Taegan ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Taegan reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #856) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Taegan ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 25.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taegan".
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