Meagan
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 2,464 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 41,547since 1954
Meagan over time
Rank among girls' names. Meagan has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,739 | 40 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,346 | 47 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,934 | 57 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,888 | 106 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,733 | 119 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,521 | 145 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,474 | 153 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,292 | 187 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,036 | 253 | — | |
| 2007 | #847 | 335 | — | |
| 2006 | #743 | 371 | — | |
| 2005 | #659 | 420 | — | |
| 2004 | #594 | 473 | — | |
| 2003 | #491 | 589 | — | |
| 2002 | #450 | 638 | — | |
| 2001 | #406 | 712 | — | |
| 2000 | #355 | 858 | — | |
| 1999 | #293 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1998 | #263 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1997 | #233 | 1,286 | — | |
| 1996 | #193 | 1,503 | — | |
| 1995 | #203 | 1,462 | — | |
| 1994 | #169 | 1,788 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #162 | 1,926 | — | |
| 1992 | #157 | 1,958 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #130 | 2,424 | — | |
| 1990 | #126 | 2,531 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #120 | 2,464 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #141 | 2,056 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #136 | 2,003 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #123 | 2,244 | — | |
| 1985 | #133 | 2,204 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #165 | 1,677 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #213 | 1,190 | — | |
| 1982 | #292 | 837 | — | |
| 1981 | #289 | 841 | — | |
| 1980 | #329 | 732 | — | |
| 1979 | #434 | 476 | — | |
| 1978 | #501 | 386 | — | |
| 1977 | #499 | 380 | — | |
| 1976 | #579 | 283 | — | |
| 1975 | #660 | 230 | — | |
| 1974 | #818 | 164 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,194 | 90 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meagan! It came in at #5,148, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meagan is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#63 · 1 in 333
- Mississippi#70 · 1 in 354
- Texas#81 · 1 in 384
- Alabama#83 · 1 in 408
- Maine#85 · 1 in 323
Best ever in a state: #53 in Alabama, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #63 | 79 | 1 in 333 |
| Mississippi | #70 | 38 | 1 in 354 |
| Texas | #81 | 334 | 1 in 384 |
| Alabama | #83 | 53 | 1 in 408 |
| Maine | #85 | 19 | 1 in 323 |
| Arkansas | #86 | 31 | 1 in 399 |
| New Hampshire | #89 | 17 | 1 in 390 |
| Oklahoma | #91 | 40 | 1 in 435 |
| Wyoming | #94 | 6 | 1 in 308 |
| Tennessee | #97 | 56 | 1 in 517 |
| North Carolina | #98 | 73 | 1 in 525 |
| Vermont | #98 | 7 | 1 in 374 |
| Georgia | #100 | 71 | 1 in 565 |
| Rhode Island | #105 | 11 | 1 in 472 |
| Utah | #112 | 25 | 1 in 543 |
| Florida | #114 | 110 | 1 in 663 |
| Kentucky | #114 | 35 | 1 in 585 |
| Missouri | #120 | 46 | 1 in 688 |
| Maryland | #125 | 39 | 1 in 666 |
| South Carolina | #125 | 28 | 1 in 669 |
| Virginia | #127 | 54 | 1 in 664 |
| Kansas | #131 | 21 | 1 in 682 |
| Colorado | #133 | 32 | 1 in 652 |
| Massachusetts | #135 | 49 | 1 in 760 |
| Indiana | #138 | 46 | 1 in 737 |
| Oregon | #144 | 21 | 1 in 747 |
| Washington | #149 | 35 | 1 in 797 |
| Nevada | #150 | 8 | 1 in 707 |
| Idaho | #152 | 8 | 1 in 654 |
| West Virginia | #160 | 10 | 1 in 866 |
| Arizona | #161 | 30 | 1 in 840 |
| Ohio | #162 | 71 | 1 in 967 |
| Connecticut | #169 | 19 | 1 in 987 |
| Michigan | #170 | 57 | 1 in 1,008 |
| Illinois | #188 | 66 | 1 in 1,117 |
| New York | #197 | 96 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Wisconsin | #205 | 23 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Nebraska | #211 | 8 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Iowa | #214 | 12 | 1 in 1,304 |
| New Jersey | #218 | 33 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Minnesota | #228 | 18 | 1 in 1,533 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Pennsylvania | #256 | 42 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Hawaii | #257 | 5 | 1 in 995 |
| California | #268 | 148 | 1 in 1,544 |
| New Mexico | #322 | 6 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
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 Meagan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1974 (#1,194 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 2008 (#847 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1989 at #120 (2,464 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1974–2007
- Highest: 1 in 748 girls born in 1989 were named Meagan (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 147,290 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 41.2% of all girls named Meagan (17,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,688 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,648 (1969) | #3,422 |
| 1970s | 2,206 | #434 (1979) | #916 |
| 1980s | 16,248 | #120 (1989) | #194 |
| 1990s | 17,107 | #126 (1990) | #193 |
| 2000s | 4,836 | #355 (2000) | #687 |
| 2010s | 850 | #1,474 (2010) | #2,675 |
| 2020s | 70 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,798 |
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.
Meagan in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 866 of them was named Meagan, which outranked 99.0% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 191,428 of them was named Meagan, which outranked 47.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,162Zenon11
- #4,162Zephaniah11
- #4,162Zvi11
- #4,450Meagan10
- #4,450Abigail10
- #4,450Adem10
- #4,450Adham10
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
Tied with 335 names at #4,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.