Magan
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 171 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,739since 1968
Magan over time
Rank among girls' names. Magan has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 |
| 1995 | #1,606 | 93 |
| 1994 | #1,663 | 90 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 97 |
| 1992 | #1,254 | 138 |
| 1991 | #1,277 | 131 |
| 1990 | #1,001 | 181 |
| 1989 | #972 | 179 |
| 1988 | #960 | 173 |
| 1987 | #1,002 | 156 |
| 1986 | #944 | 168 |
| 1985 | #925 | 171 |
| 1984 | #1,126 | 122 |
| 1983 | #1,346 | 89 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 |
| 1979 | #1,731 | 63 |
| 1978 | #1,962 | 49 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
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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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#330 · 1 in 2,043
- Tennessee#362 · 1 in 2,565
- Mississippi#386 · 1 in 2,217
- Alabama#387 · 1 in 2,692
- Louisiana#422 · 1 in 2,631
Best ever in a state: #162 in Alabama, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #330 | 6 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Tennessee | #362 | 11 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Mississippi | #386 | 6 | 1 in 2,217 |
| Alabama | #387 | 8 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Louisiana | #422 | 10 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Oklahoma | #496 | 5 | 1 in 3,584 |
| Georgia | #591 | 8 | 1 in 4,899 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 7 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Florida | #631 | 13 | 1 in 5,340 |
| Ohio | #913 | 6 | 1 in 11,284 |
| Texas | #942 | 15 | 1 in 8,591 |
| Illinois | #1,286 | 5 | 1 in 14,516 |
| California | #1,568 | 11 | 1 in 19,556 |
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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 Magan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1985 (#1,126 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1987 (#944 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1985 at #925 (171 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1985–1986
- 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%)
- 45.3% of all girls named Magan (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 7 | #5,642 (1968) | #5,642 |
| 1970s | 259 | #1,731 (1979) | #4,134 |
| 1980s | 1,240 | #925 (1985) | #1,276 |
| 1990s | 971 | #1,001 (1990) | #1,767 |
| 2000s | 244 | #2,817 (2000) | #6,660 |
| 2010s | 18 | #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.
Magan in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 11,145 of them was named Magan, which outranked 92.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).