Meaning and history
The name means "darling" in Welsh, derived from a diminutive of Welsh teg "beautiful, pretty". It was somewhat common in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada in the 1980s and 90s. It was borne by an Australian character on the television series Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.
20062006: 145 births, rank #1,514
2007: 173 births, rank #1,387
2008: 244 births, rank #1,070
2009: 257 births, rank #1,019
2010: 275 births, rank #939
20112011: 350 births, rank #777
2012: 253 births, rank #999
2013: 304 births, rank #853
2014: 324 births, rank #850
2015: 286 births, rank #949
20162016: 308 births, rank #902
2017: 271 births, rank #969
2018: 236 births, rank #1,075
2019: 204 births, rank #1,170
2020: 185 births, rank #1,231
20212021: 166 births, rank #1,337
2022: 125 births, rank #1,677
2023: 110 births, rank #1,826
2024: 95 births, rank #2,040
20252025: 80 births, rank #2,276
Tegan moved from #904 to #971 for girls between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 2011, with 350 births.