Ragan*
#4,141 most common girls' name of all time · #7,046 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1923–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,141
Rank overall
#7,046 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
2,260
Since 2016
132
Peak year
1998 #1,946
Best rank
#1,946 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 89/yr
Ragan first appears in 1923. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,388 |
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,301 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,328 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,118 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #7,303 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,309 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #9,842 |
| 2018 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,143 |
| 2017 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #7,150 |
| 2016 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,960 |
| 2015 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,314 |
| 2014 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #7,348 |
| 2013 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,670 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #6,622 |
| 2011 | 24 | 9 | 33 | #5,574 |
| 2010 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #5,281 |
| 2009 | 42 | 10 | 52 | #3,746 |
| 2008 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,275 |
| 2007 | 62 | 12 | 74 | #2,896 |
| 2006 | 48 | 5 | 53 | #3,378 |
| 2005 | 54 | 5 | 59 | #2,978 |
| 2004 | 54 | 5 | 59 | #2,934 |
| 2003 | 72 | 10 | 82 | #2,327 |
| 2002 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,450 |
| 2001 | 66 | 7 | 73 | #2,388 |
| 2000 | 73 | 7 | 80 | #2,181 |
| 1999 | 71 | 8 | 79 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 78 | 11 | 89 | #1,946 |
| 1997 | 59 | 8 | 67 | #2,289 |
| 1996 | 52 | 13 | 65 | #2,457 |
| 1995 | 45 | 5 | 50 | #2,697 |
| 1994 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #2,888 |
| 1993 | 29 | 8 | 37 | #3,704 |
| 1992 | 28 | 6 | 34 | #3,788 |
| 1991 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #3,468 |
| 1990 | 29 | 6 | 35 | #3,651 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,105 |
| 1988 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #5,976 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,704 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,835 |
| 1985 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #4,514 |
| 1984 | 28 | 9 | 37 | #3,100 |
| 1983 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #4,736 |
| 1982 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 1981 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,742 |
| 1980 | 53 | 8 | 61 | #1,994 |
| 1979 | 31 | 12 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1978 | 38 | 14 | 52 | #2,362 |
| 1977 | 45 | 12 | 57 | #2,103 |
| 1976 | 45 | 11 | 56 | #1,982 |
| 1975 | 45 | 13 | 58 | #1,971 |
| 1974 | 33 | 8 | 41 | #2,367 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,710 |
| 1972 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,583 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,327 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,162 |
| 1968 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,847 |
| 1967 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,922 |
| 1966 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #2,976 |
| 1965 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #3,630 |
| 1964 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #2,134 |
| 1963 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,980 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |