Kagan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kagan by the numbers

Kagan was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kagan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kagan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kawanfriend or companion6 in the US (2017)
  • Kayan34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalan27 in the US (2017)
  • Kagen15 in the US (2017)
  • Kadan9 in the US (2017)
  • Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kagan

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