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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#106 · 1 in 482
- New Hampshire#113 · 1 in 409
- Maine#122 · 1 in 458
- Arkansas#130 · 1 in 547
- Connecticut#133 · 1 in 551
Best ever in a state: #53 in Alabama, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #106 | 43 | 1 in 482 |
| New Hampshire | #113 | 12 | 1 in 409 |
| Maine | #122 | 10 | 1 in 458 |
| Arkansas | #130 | 21 | 1 in 547 |
| Connecticut | #133 | 28 | 1 in 551 |
| Texas | #140 | 221 | 1 in 633 |
| Mississippi | #147 | 19 | 1 in 606 |
| Louisiana | #153 | 30 | 1 in 721 |
| Kentucky | #159 | 28 | 1 in 706 |
| Georgia | #163 | 54 | 1 in 792 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 11 | 1 in 667 |
| South Dakota | #170 | 5 | 1 in 608 |
| Tennessee | #174 | 36 | 1 in 817 |
| Florida | #186 | 79 | 1 in 929 |
| Utah | #191 | 20 | 1 in 779 |
| Rhode Island | #199 | 5 | 1 in 837 |
| South Carolina | #201 | 17 | 1 in 947 |
| Massachusetts | #203 | 32 | 1 in 994 |
| Oregon | #207 | 18 | 1 in 897 |
| Oklahoma | #211 | 18 | 1 in 934 |
| Virginia | #211 | 31 | 1 in 1,073 |
| North Carolina | #229 | 33 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Idaho | #237 | 6 | 1 in 926 |
| Missouri | #240 | 22 | 1 in 1,342 |
| New York | #246 | 75 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Arizona | #247 | 25 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Michigan | #253 | 37 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Washington | #253 | 25 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Maryland | #255 | 18 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Minnesota | #275 | 17 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Ohio | #294 | 35 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Indiana | #295 | 19 | 1 in 1,726 |
| New Jersey | #303 | 24 | 1 in 1,740 |
| Iowa | #308 | 8 | 1 in 1,715 |
| Wisconsin | #311 | 14 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Colorado | #340 | 12 | 1 in 1,746 |
| Illinois | #361 | 33 | 1 in 2,119 |
| Nevada | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,709 |
| New Mexico | #384 | 5 | 1 in 1,656 |
| Pennsylvania | #404 | 22 | 1 in 2,648 |
| California | #435 | 87 | 1 in 2,562 |
| Kansas | #467 | 5 | 1 in 2,488 |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 1,354 of them was named Meagan, which outranked 98.6% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.