Teagan
Pronounced T IY1 G AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2016
- 68 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Teagan?
Teagan is a name given to both boys and girls, and first appears in 1957. It has been given to 48,938 children — the 627th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 25% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 2,619 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Tegan, Teegan and Teigan — because they are pronounced identically.
Roughly 21% of children named Teagan are boys, so the split is a real one rather than a rounding error.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Teagan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Tegan
- Teegan
- Teigan
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T IY1 G AE1 N · T IY1 G AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Teagan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Teagan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Teagan?
- Teagan ranks 627th among girls' names in US records, with 48,938 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 18,197.
- Is Teagan a unisex name?
- Yes. About 21% of children given the name are boys, which is a genuine split rather than a rounding error.
- When was Teagan most popular?
- 2016, when 2,619 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Teagan spelled?
- Tegan, Teegan, Teigan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.