girls:
63 births since 1989
#5653 (1st percentile)
boys:
54 births since 1995
#4532 (1st percentile)
overall:
117 births since 1989
#7622 (1st percentile)
The name Tagan is the #7,622 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 117 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,653 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,532 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 1995.
Tagan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Tagan is available in 14 out of the 27 years between 1989 and 2015 (9 years for girls and 8 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tagan is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2015, 100.0% of babies named Tagan were girls.
For girls, Tagan reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #892) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Tagan reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #903) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tagan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tagan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.3% confident that Tagan is pronounced as TAY-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TA-guhn, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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