Recorded 1998–2019 Unisex name Peak 2007 166 births

Tagen — boys' name

166 babies named Tagen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s1132010s41
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Tagen was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

19 babies were named Tagen in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tagen

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Tagen between 1998 and 2019, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tagen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Tagen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 99 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tagen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tagen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tagen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 166 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Tagen at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

166

Since 1998

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1998

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2019

Tagen popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1998

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2007)
19
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
05101520 2019201420092006200320001998 6

Tagen popularity over time — girls

99 total births recorded since 1999 (Tagen as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 99 births
46810121416 2012201020082006200420021999 5

Tagen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
113 births that decade — 68% of Tagen's all-time total
1990s122000s1132010s41

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tagen?
166 babies have been named Tagen since 1998. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2007 with 19 births.
When was Tagen most popular?
Tagen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 113 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Is Tagen a unisex name?
Yes, Tagen is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 166 births, and as a girl's name it has 99 births.
How long has the name Tagen been used?
Tagen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 22 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Tagen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taggart, Tage, Tag, Taggert, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.