Egan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Egan: Recorded since 2001, it reached #433 in 2021, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#433highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#2070
2006	#2870
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2011	#2390
2012	#4805
2016	#4023
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#4789
2022	#3449
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

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 18 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4789 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 #3134 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 #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Egan 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 Egan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	35	8 of 10	4
2010s	22	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Egan 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: #433 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Egan'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #433, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 20 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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.

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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.

A-Jay · #433, 20y
Brodi · #433, 21y
Kash · #433, 19y
Aaria · #434, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

A-Jay · #433, 20y
Aarush · #432, 21y
Ashlynn · #432, 16y
Layla-Rose · #432, 18y

Egan was ranked #433 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Egan 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 Egan without appearing here.

Egan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Egan

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #2276.
Aksel Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2390 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #3416.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2070 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Egan

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Egan went from #2070 to #3688 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.

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: #433 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Egan at a glance

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Egan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Egan at a glance

Egan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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