Tegan

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 79% girls / 21% boys

Origin: Welsh

Meaning

Tegan is a given name of Welsh origin. It is a diminutive of the Welsh word teg and means 'darling', 'loved one', or 'favourite', and is the normal Welsh word for 'toy'.

From Wikipedia

Tegan first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 64 babies (rank #473 that year). In 2024 it was given to 8 girls (rank #2,683). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Tegan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tegan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,436
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
64
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199152#495
199243#573
199332#701
199427#725
199525#845
199622#926
199731#709
199825#826
199926#820
200025#836
200137#635
200227#812
200333#718
200442#599
200532#768
200639#687
200756#524
200845#639
200944#659
201064#473
201138#740
201247#616
201354#560
201450#606
201543#674
201626#1,022
201729#934
201817#1,412
201920#1,272
202024#1,063
202121#1,216
202213#1,711
202312#1,911
20248#2,683