Raegan
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Meaning
variant spelling of Reagan, traditionally "little king"
The story
Raegan is Reagan with the vowels traded, the ae a deliberate signature, and the pair files under the couples' law our records keep confirming: one sound, two spellings, rising and settling together. The root is Irish, traditionally read as little king, and the American surge came late: about 1,500 in the 1990s, 6,400 in the 2000s, 11,300 in the 2010s, and 5,400 so far this decade. Reagan, the original, runs bigger, about 73,600 to 25,500, and both lean hard to girls: Raegan counts about 25,200 girls to 280 boys. A president wore the surname through the 1980s, and the given name rose in the decades after, the political echo softening into simple sound. Little king at the root, worn almost entirely by girls: the crown changed heads, and the record kept the receipt.
How popular is Raegan around the world?
In the United States, 5,360 babies were named Raegan between 2020 and 2025.
Raegan is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 4,100
In the United States, 5,360 babies were named Raegan between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Raegan peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Raegan went to 1,175 US babies in 2015 and 594 in 2025, 51% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Raegan in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 37,000
In Canada, 10 girls named Raegan were born in 2024, ranked 2,104th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 42,000
In England and Wales, 14 girls named Raegan were born in 2025, ranked 2,006th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
last on record 2017
Raegan is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Scotland
last on record 2022
Raegan is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Raegan
Most people given the name Raegan in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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