Tegan
About Tegan
Tailored Tegan is a Welsh name, developed from the element teg meaning "beautiful, pretty". Sweet but tough, is interpreted to mean "darling, or favorite", and is also the Welsh word for toy.
Pronounced as TEH-gan in Welsh, but TEE-gun in English, Tegan is outranked in the US by the similar Teagan, which is both a variant of Tegan and has its origins in an Irish surname.
Musicians and twin sisters Tegan & Sara helped popularize the name, as did a character in Doctor Who back in the 80s.
Pronounced TEH-gan; TEE-gun.
As of October 2026, Tegan ranked #2297 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #780 in 2011.
Editor's take: The name Tegan is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "darling, pretty".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #850 | 324 | 181.4 |
| 2015 | #951 | 286 | 160.2 |
| 2016 | #904 | 308 | 173.8 |
| 2017 | #974 | 270 | 156.4 |
| 2018 | #1,078 | 236 | 138.7 |
| 2019 | #1,170 | 204 | 121.5 |
| 2020 | #1,235 | 185 | 114.4 |
| 2021 | #1,342 | 165 | 100.6 |
| 2022 | #1,680 | 125 | 76.2 |
| 2023 | #1,833 | 110 | 68.6 |
| 2024 | #2,060 | 94 | 58 |
| 2025 | #2,297 | 80 | 49.8 |
World rankings
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Tegan on lists
Famous Tegans
- Tegan Rain Quin
Canadian singer,songwriter of duo Tegan & Sara
- Tegan Marie Higginbotham
Australian actress/comedienne
- Tegan Jade Martin
Australian model; Miss Universe Australia
- Tegan Bennett Daylight
Australian novelist
- Tegan Moss
Canadian actress
- Tegan Alyce Philip
Australian netball player
- Tegan McCarthy
Papua New Guinean swimmer
Tegan in pop culture
- Tegan Jovanka
companion on TV's "Doctor Who".
- Tegan Freedman
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours".
- Tegan Mary Callahan
character on Australian soap "Home and Away".
- Tegan Lomax
character on British soap "Hollyoaks".
- Tegan Price
character in "How to Get Away with Murder"
- PC Tegan Thompson
character in the British television series "No Offence"