Tegan
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Good-Looking.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Tegan
Tegan is a Welsh name traditionally derived from teg, meaning "fair" or "beautiful," with a diminutive ending — hence the gloss "good-looking" or "little lovely one." Rooted in the Celtic languages of Wales, it has a soft, lilting quality and a gentle two-syllable shape. Once chiefly a Welsh heritage name, it has spread into wider English-speaking use as parents look beyond the most common choices for something melodic, meaningful, and a little out of the ordinary.
The name sits beside the closely related spelling Teagan, its recorded variant, which inserts an extra vowel for a slightly fuller look while keeping the same lovely meaning and sound. Both forms share an appealing unisex flexibility, though this spelling has charted on the girls' side, and both carry the same bright, friendly Welsh character that has made the name increasingly familiar.
In the United States, Tegan first entered the Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2010 and appeared on the list through 2017, reaching its best rank of #780 in 2011. It stood at #974 in 2017, its final charted year, having accounted for roughly 2,117 births across that span. That concentrated early-2010s presence gives Tegan a fresh, contemporary character grounded in genuine Welsh roots — a pretty, distinctive choice very much of its decade.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Tegan
US Popularity History (2007–2017)
Annual US births named Tegan by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2011 with 350 girls named Tegan (girl rank #780 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2017, ranked #974 for girls (270 US births). That's 194 places below its 2011 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tegan Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tegan the strongest states are Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Arizona.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | #695 | 26 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #723 | 43 |
| 3 | Arizona | #724 | 29 |
| 4 | Colorado | #724 | 45 |
| 5 | Washington | #734 | 30 |
| 6 | Michigan | #808 | 31 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #828 | 32 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #832 | 22 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #900 | 23 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #948 | 21 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #1,036 | 55 |
| 2 | Ohio | #948 | 70 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #948 | 21 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #900 | 23 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #832 | 22 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #828 | 32 |
| 7 | Michigan | #808 | 31 |
| 8 | Washington | #734 | 30 |
| 9 | Colorado | #724 | 45 |
| 10 | Arizona | #724 | 29 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tegan in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teagan | Good-Looking. | Female | English |
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