NameTides

Gagan

Gagan was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Gagan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Gagan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Gagan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#10,695 (6)#3,684 (5)—
2019#12,145 (5)——
2018#7,617 (10)——
2017#12,246 (5)#4,812 (3)—
2015#9,568 (7)——
2012—#3,987 (4)—
2011#10,808 (6)#4,647 (3)—
2010#9,693 (7)——
2009#12,491 (5)——
2006—#3,385 (4)—
2005#11,472 (5)——
2004—#3,009 (4)—
2000——#1,931 (5)
1999#7,874 (7)——
1997#9,265 (5)——

Gagan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Gagan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Gagan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2012—#4,838 (4)—
2008—#5,545 (3)—
2005—#4,798 (3)—
2004——#2,428 (6)
2000——#2,491 (5)
1998—#3,848 (3)#2,521 (5)
1997——#2,460 (5)
1995——#2,018 (7)
1992——#2,450 (5)
1991——#2,411 (5)
1989#10,847 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #7,617.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GaganCanadaGirls—too few
GaganCanadaBoys—too few
GaganEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GaganEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
GaganNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GaganUSGirls—too few
GaganUSBoys#10,6956