Fun Facts About the Name Eagan
- 442 babies named Eagan: U.S. records list 442 babies given the name Eagan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Eagan Mean?
Eagan is an Irish surname-derived name, an anglicized spelling of the Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin, meaning "descendant of Aodhagán." The personal name Aodhagán is a diminutive of Aodh, an old Irish personal name from áed, "fire." The literal ancestral sense is therefore "descendant of the little fire," or more simply "descendant of Aodhagán." The same root gives Mac Aodhagáin, "son of Aodhagán," also anglicized as Mac Egan or Egan. Eagan is thus a variant spelling of Egan, not a separately coined name.
Eagan Name History & Origins
Eagan belongs to a group of Irish surnames formed from the personal name Aodhagán. Two Gaelic patronymic forms are involved: Ó hAodhagáin, "descendant of Aodhagán," and Mac Aodhagáin, "son of Aodhagán." In medieval Ireland, such patronymics became fixed hereditary surnames, and English-language records later anglicized them in several ways. The Mac Aodhagáin were a learned family in Connacht, associated with poetry and history; the Ó hAodhagáin were a separate family, mainly associated with Munster. Because anglicization often dropped or altered the prefixes, both forms could appear as Egan, Eagan, Mac Egan, or Hegan.
As a first name, Eagan is chiefly a transferred use of the surname, a pattern common in English-speaking countries. It comes from the family name's movement into general naming practice rather than from a single literary work or historical figure.
How Popular is the Name Eagan?
Eagan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #3,636 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,970 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #5,961 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #4,632 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #3,636 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #4,975 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #4,900 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #6,518 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #4,788 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #5,597 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #6,126 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,229 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #5,806 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #4,854 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #4,743 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #4,546 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,726 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #4,322 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #4,769 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #4,273 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #4,917 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #4,517 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #8,345 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #6,865 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #5,828 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #8,563 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #6,993 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #7,821 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #8,452 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Eagan Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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