Magan

Peak · girls
1985 · 171 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,739
since 1968

Magan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magan has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #925, 1985girls
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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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2011#12,1538
2010#10,45110
2009#10,67910
2008#10,08411
2007#7,39417
2006#6,59219
2005#9,45211
2004#8,25913
2003#4,94325
2002#3,24143
2001#3,14244
2000#2,81751
1999#2,73750
1998#2,37059
1997#2,17463
1996#2,01469
1995#1,60693
1994#1,66390
1993#1,57797
1992#1,254138
1991#1,277131
1990#1,001181
1989#972179
1988#960173
1987#1,002156
1986#944168
1985#925171
1984#1,126122
1983#1,34689
1982#1,90056
1981#2,02851
1980#1,55275
1979#1,73163
1978#1,96249
1977#2,00248
1976#2,13540
1975#2,56530
1974#6,2588
1973#5,19110
1972#8,2925
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Magan! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Magan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Magan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
  • Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1985
  • Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1987
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1985 at #925 (171 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1985–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,063
  • Highest: 1 in 10,063 girls born in 1985 were named Magan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 219,883 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.3% of all girls named Magan (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s7#5,642 (1968)#5,642
1970s259#1,731 (1979)#4,134
1980s1,240#925 (1985)#1,276
1990s971#1,001 (1990)#1,767
2000s244#2,817 (2000)#6,660
2010s18#10,451 (2010)#11,302

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.

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