Maegan

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197

Peak · girls
1987 · 420 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,171
since 1970

Maegan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maegan has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #505, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#12,1977
2022#15,3065
2021#11,1468
2020#13,4536
2019#6,41418
2018#8,61712
2017#11,6158
2016#8,39313
2015#4,85328
2014#3,71941
2013#3,40446
2012#2,93558
2011#2,79662
2010#2,31382
2009#2,16592
2008#2,020103
2007#1,381175
2006#1,331175
2005#1,437148
2004#1,168193
2003#1,025225
2002#905248
2001#879261
2000#774295
1999#738304
1998#646357
1997#660333
1996#725289
1995#678314
1994#587387
1993#616371
1992#642351
1991#546431
1990#576402
1989#537426
1988#523421
1987#505420
1986#525391
1985#519387
1984#684245
1983#823186
1982#1,045138
1981#1,128122
1980#1,077131
1979#1,104123
1978#1,231101
1977#1,29590
1976#2,09941
1975#1,80751
1974#3,21221
1973#5,5809
1972#6,5587
1971#8,3245
1970#5,8188
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Maegan! It came in at #5,818, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Maegan is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedMNIllinois: #760 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,700 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #496 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,102 girlsMINew York: #678 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,431 girlsNYMassachusetts: #489 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,136 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedRIOregon: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,138 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedIAIndiana: #551 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,846 girlsINOhio: #510 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,575 girlsOHPennsylvania: #736 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,768 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #915 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 8,159 girlsCAUtah: #322 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsUTColorado: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedMOKentucky: #220 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #583 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,125 girlsVAMaryland: #542 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,328 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedDEArizona: #696 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,037 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedNMKansas: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsKSArkansas: #239 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsARTennessee: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,225 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #363 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,556 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,124 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maegan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #262 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,582 girlsOKLouisiana: #314 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,754 girlsLAMississippi: #278 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsMSAlabama: #216 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,272 girlsALGeorgia: #397 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,675 girlsGAHawaii: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 995 girlsHITexas: #287 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 1,734 girlsTXFlorida: #494 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,646 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#216 · 1 in 1,272
  2. New Hampshire#218 · 1 in 1,327
  3. Kentucky#220 · 1 in 1,364
  4. Arkansas#239 · 1 in 1,373
  5. Hawaii#257 · 1 in 995

Best ever in a state: #125 in Vermont, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#216171 in 1,272
New Hampshire#21851 in 1,327
Kentucky#220151 in 1,364
Arkansas#23991 in 1,373
Hawaii#25751 in 995
Oklahoma#262111 in 1,582
Mississippi#27891 in 1,496
Texas#287741 in 1,734
Louisiana#314151 in 1,754
Utah#32281 in 1,697
Tennessee#331131 in 2,225
North Carolina#363151 in 2,556
Georgia#397151 in 2,675
Kansas#42151 in 2,864
South Carolina#45061 in 3,124
Oregon#48651 in 3,138
Massachusetts#48991 in 4,136
Florida#494201 in 3,646
Colorado#49661 in 3,477
Michigan#496141 in 4,102
Ohio#510151 in 4,575
Maryland#54261 in 4,328
Indiana#55171 in 4,846
Virginia#58371 in 5,125
New York#678211 in 5,431
Arizona#69651 in 5,037
Pennsylvania#73691 in 7,768
Illinois#760111 in 6,700
California#915281 in 8,159
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Maegan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1983 (#1,045 → #823)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 2003 (#905 → #1,025)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1987 at #505 (420 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1983–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,140
  • Highest: 1 in 4,140 girls born in 1987 were named Maegan (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Maegan (3,539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s456#1,104 (1979)#3,703
1980s2,867#505 (1987)#737
1990s3,539#546 (1991)#641
2000s1,915#774 (2000)#1,309
2010s368#2,313 (2010)#5,506
2020s26#11,146 (2021)#13,026

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maegan in 1988

girls
#523
421 births · 1 in 4,230 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #523Maegan421
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,230 of them was named Maegan, which outranked 96.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maegan
  1. #519Shelley426
  2. #521Mariah423
  3. #522Adrianna422
  4. #523Maegan421
  5. #523Clara421
  6. #523Tania421
  7. #526Justina419
  8. #526Mollie419
  9. #528Octavia418

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →