Deegan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Deegan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Deegan: Recorded since 2001, it reached #698 in 2008, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2005	#3849
2006	#2870
2007	#2741
2008	#2507
2010	#2400
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2019	#3937
2021	#3990
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2507 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Deegan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Deegan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	33	7 of 10	5
2010s	44	9 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Deegan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Deegan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Collin · #698, 14y
Jeremi · #698, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Brajan · #698, 12y
Jeremi · #698, 16y
Marin · #698, 20y

Deegan was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Deegan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Deegan without appearing here.

Deegan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3849 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2870 and #4052.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3937 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Deegan

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Mathias Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #1322.

Moved the opposite way to Deegan

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 while Albie went from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 while Alfie went from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 while Alfred went from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 while Archie went from #60 to #10.

Moved the same way as Deegan

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 and Aaron from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 and Alan from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Deegan went from #2587 to #5119 and Alex from #45 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Deegan

Deegan at a glance

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Deegan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Deegan at a glance

Deegan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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