Meaghan
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #7,969 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 744 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,036since 1955
Meaghan over time
Rank among girls' names. Meaghan has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,172 | 92 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,886 | 110 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,494 | 140 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,357 | 155 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,084 | 203 | — | |
| 2002 | #923 | 242 | — | |
| 2001 | #804 | 293 | — | |
| 2000 | #690 | 342 | — | |
| 1999 | #644 | 364 | — | |
| 1998 | #583 | 414 | — | |
| 1997 | #531 | 448 | — | |
| 1996 | #522 | 452 | — | |
| 1995 | #474 | 520 | — | |
| 1994 | #397 | 634 | — | |
| 1993 | #442 | 564 | — | |
| 1992 | #406 | 628 | — | |
| 1991 | #377 | 679 | — | |
| 1990 | #366 | 722 | — | |
| 1989 | #347 | 737 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #374 | 643 | — | |
| 1987 | #364 | 652 | — | |
| 1986 | #325 | 744 | — | |
| 1985 | #367 | 633 | — | |
| 1984 | #413 | 514 | — | |
| 1983 | #445 | 462 | — | |
| 1982 | #647 | 276 | — | |
| 1981 | #547 | 340 | — | |
| 1980 | #546 | 341 | — | |
| 1979 | #595 | 302 | — | |
| 1978 | #646 | 251 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,131 | 112 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,263 | 88 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,510 | 62 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meaghan! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meaghan is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#64 · 1 in 241
- Massachusetts#70 · 1 in 319
- New Hampshire#105 · 1 in 461
- Connecticut#172 · 1 in 963
- New York#172 · 1 in 986
Best ever in a state: #61 in Massachusetts, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #64 | 21 | 1 in 241 |
| Massachusetts | #70 | 110 | 1 in 319 |
| New Hampshire | #105 | 13 | 1 in 461 |
| Connecticut | #172 | 18 | 1 in 963 |
| New York | #172 | 110 | 1 in 986 |
| Maryland | #174 | 25 | 1 in 981 |
| Maine | #187 | 6 | 1 in 1,016 |
| Virginia | #227 | 24 | 1 in 1,406 |
| Idaho | #234 | 5 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Colorado | #268 | 14 | 1 in 1,559 |
| New Jersey | #272 | 23 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Missouri | #276 | 17 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Michigan | #282 | 30 | 1 in 1,884 |
| Pennsylvania | #299 | 33 | 1 in 2,083 |
| Wisconsin | #314 | 13 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Oregon | #325 | 8 | 1 in 1,919 |
| Kentucky | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,619 |
| Minnesota | #339 | 11 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Louisiana | #365 | 13 | 1 in 2,169 |
| Alabama | #371 | 9 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Arizona | #385 | 10 | 1 in 2,342 |
| Kansas | #409 | 5 | 1 in 2,899 |
| Ohio | #425 | 19 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Illinois | #445 | 22 | 1 in 3,224 |
| Oklahoma | #445 | 6 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Indiana | #470 | 8 | 1 in 4,108 |
| South Carolina | #495 | 5 | 1 in 3,543 |
| North Carolina | #532 | 8 | 1 in 4,445 |
| Florida | #533 | 16 | 1 in 4,152 |
| Tennessee | #534 | 6 | 1 in 4,592 |
| Georgia | #537 | 9 | 1 in 4,187 |
| Texas | #548 | 33 | 1 in 3,990 |
| California | #570 | 50 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Washington | #675 | 5 | 1 in 5,440 |
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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 Meaghan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 485 spots in 1978 (#1,131 → #646)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 2003 (#923 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1986 at #325 (744 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1978–2002
- Highest: 1 in 2,306 girls born in 1986 were named Meaghan (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 124,350 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 38.7% of all girls named Meaghan (5,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | #4,300 (1959) | #5,064 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,171 (1969) | #3,748 |
| 1970s | 1,103 | #595 (1979) | #1,363 |
| 1980s | 5,342 | #325 (1986) | #438 |
| 1990s | 5,425 | #366 (1990) | #474 |
| 2000s | 1,756 | #690 (2000) | #1,492 |
| 2010s | 240 | #3,075 (2010) | #6,648 |
| 2020s | 13 | #7,969 (2020) | #7,969 |
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.
Meaghan in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,306 of them was named Meaghan, which outranked 97.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).