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Girl · Irish Gaelic
Reagan
Say it: RAY-gun
Meaning
From the Irish surname Ó Riagáin 'descendant of Riagán', a personal name of uncertain meaning. The popular 'little king' meaning is not well supported.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
After Ronald Reagan's presidency it came into use in the US, chiefly for girls from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 64,394 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 570 girls
- 2,512 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Raegan, Regan
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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