Meghan
#1,902 for girls in 2025, 102 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 4,669 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 96,500since 1952
Meghan over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,902 | 102 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,446 | 152 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,164 | 207 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2021 | #987 | 262 | — | |
| 2020 | #880 | 304 | — | |
| 2019 | #733 | 385 | — | |
| 2018 | #707 | 412 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,387 | 166 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,082 | 242 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,156 | 214 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,073 | 230 | — | |
| 2012 | #883 | 301 | — | |
| 2011 | #735 | 376 | — | |
| 2010 | #565 | 517 | — | |
| 2009 | #494 | 621 | — | |
| 2008 | #455 | 694 | — | |
| 2007 | #373 | 878 | — | |
| 2006 | #321 | 1,021 | — | |
| 2005 | #270 | 1,219 | — | |
| 2004 | #217 | 1,557 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #193 | 1,695 | — | |
| 2002 | #174 | 1,862 | — | |
| 2001 | #159 | 2,024 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #134 | 2,514 | — | |
| 1999 | #127 | 2,578 | — | |
| 1998 | #121 | 2,696 | — | |
| 1997 | #113 | 2,868 | — | |
| 1996 | #113 | 2,773 | — | |
| 1995 | #112 | 2,963 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #100 | 3,227 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #93 | 3,401 | — | |
| 1992 | #91 | 3,595 | — | |
| 1991 | #94 | 3,704 | — | |
| 1990 | #91 | 3,695 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #80 | 3,856 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #81 | 3,609 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #78 | 3,770 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #71 | 3,869 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #63 | 4,669 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #65 | 4,505 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #75 | 3,888 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #110 | 2,734 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #116 | 2,614 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #114 | 2,692 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #121 | 2,571 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #164 | 1,679 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #216 | 1,142 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #270 | 865 | — | |
| 1975 | #291 | 821 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #355 | 609 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #399 | 503 | — | |
| 1972 | #435 | 441 | — | |
| 1971 | #530 | 346 | — | |
| 1970 | #515 | 381 | — | |
| 1969 | #656 | 233 | — | |
| 1968 | #855 | 143 | — | |
| 1967 | #935 | 119 | — | |
| 1966 | #991 | 106 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,240 | 79 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,280 | 74 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meghan! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meghan is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#36 · 1 in 170
- Rhode Island#40 · 1 in 160
- New Hampshire#57 · 1 in 199
- Maine#64 · 1 in 220
- Delaware#65 · 1 in 222
Best ever in a state: #17 in Rhode Island, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #36 | 184 | 1 in 170 |
| Rhode Island | #40 | 26 | 1 in 160 |
| New Hampshire | #57 | 24 | 1 in 199 |
| Maine | #64 | 20 | 1 in 220 |
| Delaware | #65 | 14 | 1 in 222 |
| Connecticut | #67 | 56 | 1 in 274 |
| Pennsylvania | #70 | 175 | 1 in 331 |
| Vermont | #73 | 9 | 1 in 198 |
| New Jersey | #83 | 108 | 1 in 385 |
| Michigan | #84 | 125 | 1 in 410 |
| Wisconsin | #84 | 70 | 1 in 360 |
| Maryland | #85 | 63 | 1 in 380 |
| Ohio | #97 | 134 | 1 in 459 |
| Minnesota | #102 | 56 | 1 in 446 |
| New York | #104 | 190 | 1 in 525 |
| Virginia | #105 | 70 | 1 in 491 |
| Missouri | #109 | 60 | 1 in 488 |
| Colorado | #113 | 48 | 1 in 480 |
| West Virginia | #115 | 17 | 1 in 428 |
| Illinois | #124 | 124 | 1 in 563 |
| Louisiana | #125 | 40 | 1 in 551 |
| Montana | #125 | 7 | 1 in 396 |
| North Carolina | #125 | 72 | 1 in 590 |
| South Carolina | #126 | 30 | 1 in 566 |
| Arkansas | #129 | 22 | 1 in 536 |
| Kansas | #129 | 24 | 1 in 547 |
| Kentucky | #135 | 33 | 1 in 608 |
| Washington | #135 | 48 | 1 in 609 |
| Florida | #142 | 112 | 1 in 667 |
| Indiana | #146 | 48 | 1 in 692 |
| North Dakota | #147 | 5 | 1 in 522 |
| Utah | #150 | 26 | 1 in 639 |
| Tennessee | #154 | 43 | 1 in 712 |
| Iowa | #157 | 20 | 1 in 688 |
| South Dakota | #157 | 6 | 1 in 507 |
| Nebraska | #164 | 13 | 1 in 615 |
| Oregon | #178 | 22 | 1 in 741 |
| Hawaii | #179 | 6 | 1 in 581 |
| Nevada | #181 | 13 | 1 in 710 |
| Idaho | #196 | 8 | 1 in 748 |
| Georgia | #200 | 48 | 1 in 953 |
| New Mexico | #201 | 11 | 1 in 737 |
| District of Columbia | #221 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Arizona | #222 | 31 | 1 in 982 |
| Mississippi | #226 | 12 | 1 in 984 |
| Alabama | #241 | 18 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Texas | #263 | 111 | 1 in 1,326 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 13 | 1 in 1,283 |
| California | #284 | 151 | 1 in 1,451 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Meghan
- 456 spots since 2024 (#1,446 → #1,902)
- 1,022 spots since 2020 (#880 → #1,902)
- 820 spots since 2015 (#1,082 → #1,902)
- Biggest jump: 680 spots in 2018 (#1,387 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2013 (#883 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1985 at #63 (4,669 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1983–1994
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1966–2012
- Highest: 1 in 369 girls born in 1985 were named Meghan (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,758 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.5% of all girls named Meghan (36,206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 102 | #1,516 (1959) | #3,965 |
| 1960s | 958 | #656 (1969) | #1,258 |
| 1970s | 9,358 | #121 (1979) | #330 |
| 1980s | 36,206 | #63 (1985) | #85 |
| 1990s | 31,500 | #91 (1990) | #106 |
| 2000s | 14,085 | #134 (2000) | #279 |
| 2010s | 3,045 | #565 (2010) | #954 |
| 2020s | 1,246 | #880 (2020) | #1,250 |
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.
Meghan in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 688 of them was named Meghan, which outranked 99.3% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.