Ragan

Boy · recorded 1923–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

05919231948197219972021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 48 recorded years as a table
Ragan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19235
19542
19603
19625
19637
19643
19658
19664
19674
19683
19724
19745
19758
19767
19777
19789
19797
19804
19823
19834
19845
19853
19885
19903
19913
19923
19934
19945
19953
19967
19974
19986
19994
20004
20014
20035
20043
20053
20062
20076
20095
20105
20115
20123
20144
20173
20193
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ragan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
7
Rank in 2021
#9,714
How rare
1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1923
394

Ragan was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ragan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.