Meggan
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #11,000
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 185 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,927since 1957
Meggan over time
Rank among girls' names. Meggan has never cracked the top 800 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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| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 |
| 1997 | #2,934 | 41 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,059 | 67 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 |
| 1992 | #1,740 | 85 |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 |
| 1990 | #1,372 | 115 |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 |
| 1987 | #1,182 | 123 |
| 1986 | #1,013 | 151 |
| 1985 | #863 | 185 |
| 1984 | #940 | 156 |
| 1983 | #981 | 149 |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 |
| 1981 | #1,122 | 123 |
| 1980 | #1,089 | 128 |
| 1979 | #1,097 | 124 |
| 1978 | #1,241 | 100 |
| 1977 | #995 | 136 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 |
| 1975 | #994 | 123 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
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| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meggan! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meggan is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#372 · 1 in 3,098
- Utah#450 · 1 in 3,033
- Ohio#803 · 1 in 9,851
- Pennsylvania#880 · 1 in 11,001
- Illinois#894 · 1 in 8,863
Best ever in a state: #211 in Idaho, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,098 |
| Utah | #450 | 5 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Ohio | #803 | 7 | 1 in 9,851 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 11,001 |
| Illinois | #894 | 8 | 1 in 8,863 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
| New York | #1,415 | 6 | 1 in 16,388 |
| California | #2,090 | 5 | 1 in 30,666 |
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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 Meggan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 569 spots in 1975 (#1,563 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1978 (#995 → #1,241)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1985 at #863 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1983–1985
- Highest: 1 in 9,302 girls born in 1985 were named Meggan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 194,972 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 44.8% of all girls named Meggan (1,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,086 (1957) | #6,086 |
| 1960s | 53 | #3,199 (1969) | #4,595 |
| 1970s | 773 | #994 (1975) | #1,630 |
| 1980s | 1,312 | #863 (1985) | #1,142 |
| 1990s | 611 | #1,372 (1990) | #2,407 |
| 2000s | 147 | #3,020 (2000) | #7,621 |
| 2010s | 26 | #11,000 (2013) | #11,466 |
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.
Meggan in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,319 of them was named Meggan, which outranked 89.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Paola101
- #1,231Rosanne101
- #1,231Shawana101
- #1,241Meggan100
- #1,241Brandon100
- #1,241Chantelle100
- #1,241Jolie100
- #1,248Crista99
- #1,248Jeffrey99
- #1,248Lia99
Tied with 6 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.