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How popular is the name Egan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Egans are alive today.

Egan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3689th in 2024 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2390th most popular that year. Egan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Eagan; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Egan you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 23: the name has two living generations. Half of all Egans born in England and Wales are between 6 and 22, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Egan - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Egan.

How many babies are named Egan each year?

Includes all spellings: Egan, Eagan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

03581020202001: 32002: 42003: 52004: 72006: 52007: 42008: 32009: 42011: 82012: 32016: 82018: 42019: 32020: 62021: 32022: 102023: 62024: 8actual

Where does the Egan spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 3,1342002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 2,4702004: ranked 2,0702006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 3,5892008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 3,7442011: ranked 2,3902012: ranked 4,8052016: ranked 4,0232018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 4,7892022: ranked 3,4502023: ranked 3,1132024: ranked 3,689

Where does the Eagan spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202016: ranked 4,0232022: ranked 3,4502024: ranked 5,120

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Egan per year in England and Wales, 2001 to 2024, peaking at about 10 in 2022
Egan: births per year in England and Wales, 2001-2024. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Egan most popular?

Egan peaked in 2022, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Egan?

At least 120 people named Egan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Egan?

Most living Egans are between 6 and 22; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 23.

Is Egan becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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