Fun Facts About the Name Teigan
- More than 2 thousand babies named Teigan: U.S. records list 2,187 babies given the name Teigan from 1880 through 2025. Even 635 boys received the name Teigan - about 1 boy for every 2 girls.
What Does the Name Teigan Mean?
Teigan is an English-language spelling of the Welsh name Tegan. Tegan is built from the Welsh adjective teg, meaning "fair" or "beautiful," with the diminutive ending -an, so the literal sense is "fair" or "beautiful," with the ending giving the customary meaning "little fair one." The Welsh common noun tegan, "toy" or "plaything," is a separate word and is not the source of the name, though the two are sometimes confused in popular explanations.
A similar-looking name, Teagan, is also used in English and is sometimes explained as an anglicized form of the Irish Tadhgán, a diminutive of Tadhg. The spelling Teigan does not by itself show which of these two lines a given use belongs to.
Teigan Name History & Origins
Tegan is formed inside Welsh from the root teg plus the diminutive -an, and it has been used as a given name in Wales. The spelling Teigan belongs to a later English-language habit of respelling such names with ei, the pattern seen in English spellings such as Keegan, Reagan, and Meagan.
The parent spelling Tegan is the better-known form in Britain and North America. Tegan Jovanka, a companion in the television series Doctor Who starting in 1981, is a widely recognized fictional bearer of that spelling, and the Canadian musicians Tegan and Sara use it as well. These are familiar uses of the name, not its earliest recorded appearances. The Teigan spelling is the less common of the forms and follows the same English respelling pattern rather than a distinct Welsh or Irish development of its own.
How Popular is the Name Teigan?
Teigan 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 2017. Its best rank was #1,538 in 2019.
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 | #3,897 | 38 | 0.0024% |
| 2024 | #2,810 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2023 | #2,308 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 2022 | #2,527 | 71 | 0.0043% |
| 2021 | #2,042 | 95 | 0.0058% |
| 2020 | #1,542 | 138 | 0.0085% |
| 2019 | #1,538 | 141 | 0.0084% |
| 2018 | #1,705 | 122 | 0.0072% |
| 2017 | #1,542 | 143 | 0.0083% |
| 2016 | #1,812 | 115 | 0.0065% |
| 2015 | #2,192 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 2014 | #3,415 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2013 | #3,846 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #4,825 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #4,142 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #4,962 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #5,080 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #4,865 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #6,786 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #4,796 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #7,863 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,948 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #10,367 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #6,110 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #7,686 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #17,389 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #6,461 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #6,694 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #8,970 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #8,769 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #15,560 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #11,690 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #13,204 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #15,243 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #10,738 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #12,673 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,629 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,407 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #4,100 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,173 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #3,722 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #2,974 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2019 | #2,799 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2018 | #4,339 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #2,791 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2016 | #3,432 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #5,265 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #4,446 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,957 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #3,355 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #3,298 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2009 | #3,035 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #3,272 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #3,374 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #6,864 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #4,614 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #6,475 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #7,187 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #5,368 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #5,973 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #8,123 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #7,480 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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