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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Daegan

Daegan was the 10945th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2190th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,236 places. More babies were named Daegan in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,945 boys, down 6,376 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200761 babies
Total since 1880
952babies recorded

Daegan popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 48 since 2004.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#10,9456
2020#4,56921
2010#2,83242
2000#3,00929
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How popular is Daegan, counting every spelling?

Daegan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Daegan?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Daegan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Daegan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Daegan.

Chance of another Daegan in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Daegan?

About 900 people born in the US named Daegan are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 13 and 23. That makes Daegan mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Daegan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Daegan, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Daegan

How popular is the name Daegan?

Daegan was the 10945th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2190th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,236 places. More babies were named Daegan in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Daegan a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Daegan in the US.