Unisex name · since 1997
Taegen
Taegen has 154 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
154 girls have been named Taegen since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Taegen recorded 154 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2020.
- #22,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taegen ranks #22,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taegen's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taegen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taegen's full recorded timeline at 2006, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taegen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2020
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Taegen popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 2000 (Taegen as boys' name)
Taegen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (102 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Taegen's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Taegen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 102 births (66% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taegen's data
- Taegen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taegen: 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 (~23 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, 1997–2020 (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 Taegen 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.