Egan is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2019 and has grown less common since.
Egan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,068 for boy births in the United States (and #8,695 across all names), given to 26 babies. Egan was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 2019 (49 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,068 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,012 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,919 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,019 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,841 |
| 2020 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,512 |
| 2019 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,393 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,333 |
| 2016 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,509 |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,718 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,824 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,145 |
| 2012 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,638 |
| 2011 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,069 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,558 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,914 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,965 |
| 2007 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,574 |
| 2006 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,798 |
| 2005 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,406 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,965 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,368 |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | #16,188 | #2,477 |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,635 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,339 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,882 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,220 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | — | #3,381 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,142 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #4,883 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | — | #4,373 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | — | #4,796 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | — | #3,979 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | — | #3,867 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | — | #3,836 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #8,980 | #4,925 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #10,741 | #5,341 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #9,049 | #5,101 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #8,802 | #4,994 |
| 1985 | 19 | — | #7,118 | #4,138 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #8,413 | #6,610 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,685 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #5,859 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,700 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,308 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | — | #2,809 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | — | #4,740 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #4,990 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,802 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,280 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,598 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,096 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | — | #3,964 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #3,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,738 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,159 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | — | #4,527 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | — | #3,518 |