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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#75 · 1 in 329
- Rhode Island#104 · 1 in 487
- New Hampshire#112 · 1 in 530
- Maine#161 · 1 in 787
- New York#208 · 1 in 1,264
Best ever in a state: #61 in Massachusetts, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #75 | 117 | 1 in 329 |
| Rhode Island | #104 | 11 | 1 in 487 |
| New Hampshire | #112 | 13 | 1 in 530 |
| Maine | #161 | 8 | 1 in 787 |
| New York | #208 | 94 | 1 in 1,264 |
| New Jersey | #218 | 35 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Connecticut | #221 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Louisiana | #279 | 16 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Virginia | #280 | 20 | 1 in 1,855 |
| Michigan | #300 | 29 | 1 in 2,084 |
| Florida | #312 | 37 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Mississippi | #319 | 8 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Kentucky | #323 | 9 | 1 in 2,365 |
| North Carolina | #329 | 18 | 1 in 2,260 |
| Colorado | #337 | 10 | 1 in 2,058 |
| Oregon | #350 | 8 | 1 in 2,009 |
| Washington | #359 | 13 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Missouri | #369 | 12 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Maryland | #373 | 11 | 1 in 2,519 |
| Minnesota | #378 | 10 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Illinois | #394 | 29 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Tennessee | #404 | 10 | 1 in 2,979 |
| Arizona | #430 | 10 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Pennsylvania | #445 | 20 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Alabama | #452 | 7 | 1 in 3,238 |
| South Carolina | #457 | 6 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Indiana | #482 | 9 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Texas | #522 | 38 | 1 in 3,510 |
| Ohio | #560 | 14 | 1 in 4,989 |
| Georgia | #632 | 8 | 1 in 5,231 |
| California | #674 | 46 | 1 in 5,304 |
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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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 2,501 of them was named Meaghan, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 285,847 of them was named Meaghan, which outranked 32.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,615Zeshan8
- #5,615Zeus8
- #5,615Zong8
- #6,229Meaghan7
- #6,229Aarin7
- #6,229Aaryn7
- #6,229Abby7
- #6,941Aaran6
- #6,941Abayomi6
- #6,941Abrham6
Tied with 711 names at #6,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.