Raegan
Pronounced R EY1 G AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 62 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Raegan?
Raegan is a girls' name, and first appears in 1963. It has been given to 26,553 children — the 790th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2019, when 1,445 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Raygan and Reygan — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Raegan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Raygan
- Reygan
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EY1 G AE1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Raegan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Raegan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Raegan?
- Raegan ranks 790th among girls' names in US records, with 26,553 births since 1963. Over the past decade it accounts for 11,296.
- Is Raegan a unisex name?
- No. Raegan is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Raegan most popular?
- 2019, when 1,445 children were given the name. It has been in use for 62 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Raegan spelled?
- Raygan, Reygan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.