Fun Facts About the Name Hagan
- More than 1 thousand babies named Hagan: U.S. records list 1,623 babies given the name Hagan from 1880 through 2025. Even 168 girls received the name Hagan - about 1 girl for every 9 boys.
What Does the Name Hagan Mean?
Hagan is an English form of the Irish surname Ó hÁgáin, which means "descendant of Ágán." Ágán is an Old Irish personal name built from ág, "strife" or "combat," plus the diminutive ending -án. The literal components are "strife" with a diminutive suffix; "little fighter" is a customary paraphrase rather than a word-for-word translation. As with most patronymic surnames, the meaning is genealogical - it marked a family as the descendants of a man named Ágán rather than describing the family itself.
The same spelling is also used by some families of German or Scandinavian background as an anglicized form of Hagen, a name from a different language family with an unrelated derivation. It is also distinct from the Irish surname Hogan (Ó hÓgáin), which comes from a different personal name. Only a given family's own history shows which origin applies.
Hagan Name History & Origins
Ó hÁgáin belongs to the province of Ulster. The family was established in County Tyrone, where its leading branch served the O'Neill chieftains as hereditary marshals and as guardians of the inauguration site at Tullyhogue, near Cookstown - a role that placed them at the ceremonial center of O'Neill rule. Branches of the same surname are found elsewhere in Ireland as well.
When the Irish "O" prefix fell out of general use - a change that spread from the 17th through the 19th centuries - Ó hÁgáin was written in English as O'Hagan, and, for families who left off the prefix, as Hagan; spellings such as Haggan also appear. Emigration to Britain, North America, and Australia carried the surname abroad.
Hagan is separately recorded as an anglicized spelling of the German and Scandinavian Hagen, so not every Hagan family descends from the Irish name.
Hagan as a first name is a later development, part of the broad fashion in English-speaking countries of turning surnames into given names. It is used for boys, and the given name simply follows the surname's spelling and pronunciation rather than any independent naming tradition.
How Popular is the Name Hagan?
Hagan 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 2009. Its best rank was #1,944 in 2009.
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 | #15,726 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #14,031 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #16,027 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #12,708 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #12,656 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #10,786 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #12,020 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #17,164 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #13,503 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #8,641 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #15,643 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,976 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #10,872 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #11,013 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #9,277 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #16,354 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #12,520 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #11,091 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,692 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,988 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #12,308 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #14,200 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,288 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,881 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #3,819 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #4,381 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #3,642 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #3,526 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #4,057 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,286 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #3,558 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #2,910 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #2,598 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #2,780 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #2,352 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2013 | #2,410 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2012 | #2,838 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2011 | #2,560 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2010 | #2,338 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #1,944 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 2008 | #2,528 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #2,389 | 54 | 0.0026% |
| 2006 | #1,952 | 69 | 0.0034% |
| 2005 | #2,192 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 2004 | #2,033 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 2003 | #2,291 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2001 | #2,069 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #3,460 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #2,578 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1998 | #2,364 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1997 | #2,638 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #3,240 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1995 | #2,373 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1994 | #3,373 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #5,138 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #5,809 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #4,585 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #6,041 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #7,325 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #4,942 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,397 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,116 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,364 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #6,695 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #5,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #5,266 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #4,607 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #4,201 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1942 | #3,786 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1936 | #2,995 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,550 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #4,219 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #4,498 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #4,013 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #4,166 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #3,465 | 5 | 0.0008% |
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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