Boys' name · since 2002
Cagan
11 babies named Cagan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cagan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 2002.
Cagan has 11 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2009.
- #33,266 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cagan ranks #33,266 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cagan's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cagan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cagan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cagan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2009
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Cagan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Cagan's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Cagan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cagan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cagan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.