Egan
- Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432
- #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Given to boys 96.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,219since 1915
Egan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Egan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,986 | 27 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,995 | 27 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,373 | 33 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,312 | 34 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,684 | 29 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,625 | 29 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,046 | 37 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,564 | 48 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,399 | 48 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
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| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Egan! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Egan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Egan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Egan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 64 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #4,050)
- 553 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #4,050)
- 366 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
88 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2003 at #2,349 (45 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,617
- Highest: 1 in 36,617 boys born in 2019 were named Egan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,349 in 2003, was only 1 in 43,897 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 32.6% of all boys named Egan (398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,392 (1915) | #3,392 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,988 (1959) | #3,988 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,637 |
| 1970s | 65 | #2,777 (1979) | #4,032 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,256 (1980) | #5,003 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,191 (1998) | #4,165 |
| 2000s | 398 | #2,349 (2003) | #2,728 |
| 2010s | 325 | #2,626 (2019) | #3,458 |
| 2020s | 167 | #3,497 (2020) | #3,871 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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