Given name & surname
Kagen
“a fiery man; a thinker”
Kagen is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a fiery man; a thinker.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a fiery man; a thinker.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kagen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 541
- 524 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −87%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 542 as a first name in 2020; 210 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kagen’s family of names
Kagen has a related form in Kagan. Kagen has a related form in Kaegan. Kagen has a related form in Kaegen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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