Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Raegan name popularity since 1925
25,492 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Raegan (98.9% girls, 1.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Raegan is about 13 years old in 2026. Raegan peaked in 2019 as the #219 name for girls, and it ranked #506 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,492
- Named Raegan, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #506
- for girls in 2025 (589 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% girls
- 25,214 girls · 278 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.29× its national share
Peak year is the year Raegan made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Raegan births per year, 1925–2025
2019 was the biggest year for Raegan both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Raegan became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 14,500 baby girls to 1 in 5,600.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 1,190 to 1 in 2,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Raegan's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Raegan.
Decade by decade
Babies named Raegan in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 95 | 0 | #3,125 |
| 1970s | 469 | 5 | #1,398 |
| 1980s | 303 | 0 | #5,278 |
| 1990s | 1,548 | 0 | #1,125 |
| 2000s | 6,366 | 78 | #495 |
| 2010s | 11,139 | 124 | #271 |
| 2020–25 | 5,294 | 66 | #506 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.7% of babies named Raegan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Raegan is most popular
The index compares Raegan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Raegan.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.29× | 460 |
| Kentucky | 1.62× | 638 |
| Louisiana | 1.58× | 667 |
| Oklahoma | 1.55× | 475 |
| Georgia | 1.54× | 1,001 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Raegan and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Raegan (this page) | 25,214 | 2019 |
| Reagan | 65,739 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Raegan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Raegan.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Raegan (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data