Deegan
Deegan was the 2024th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 835th with 259 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 912 places. More babies were named Deegan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,024 boys, down 414 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 74boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2011259 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,465babies recorded
Deegan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 12 since 2015.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,024 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,610 | 100 |
| 2010 | #893 | 230 |
| 2000 | #4,630 | 16 |
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How popular is Deegan, counting every spelling?
Deegan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 80 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 80 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deegan | 74 | #2,024 | 478 |
| Degan | 6 | #10,976 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Deegan?
74 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deegan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Deegan 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 113 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deegan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Deegan?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Deegan are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 17. That makes Deegan mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Deegan by state
How common Deegan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.5×), Michigan (2.5×), Ohio (2.0×). In 37 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Deegan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deegan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Deegan
How popular is the name Deegan?
Deegan was the 2024th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 835th with 259 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 912 places. More babies were named Deegan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Deegan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Deegan in the US.
Where is Deegan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Deegan was most common in Arizona (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and Ohio.