Egan
Egan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201949 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,241people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,192 boys have been named Egan in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 49 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 49 girls have also been given it, 3.9% of the total.
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Egan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Egan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andreipeak 2006
- Krishnapeak 2007
- Nahumpeak 2007
- Xavierpeak 2007
- Neelpeak 2009
- Kamranpeak 2007
- Gabrielpeak 2008
- Isaipeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.