Meghann

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483

Peak · girls
1979 · 374 births
Debut · girls
53 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,788
since 1977

Meghann over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Meghann has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #517, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#13,4837
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009#8,88813
2008#13,8327
2007#9,00713
2006#7,86815
2005#9,45211
2004#8,25913
2003#7,99813
2002#3,65436
2001#4,32128
2000#3,40439
1999#2,85447
1998#3,30137
1997#3,03639
1996#2,34056
1995#1,74683
1994#1,75783
1993#1,538101
1992#1,499105
1991#1,428112
1990#1,243133
1989#1,157142
1988#1,007162
1987#899186
1986#792212
1985#686260
1984#704236
1983#597297
1982#910166
1981#889170
1980#730228
1979#517374
1978#571301
1977#1,87753
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Meghann! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 53 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Meghann is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMNIllinois: #739 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,598 girlsILWisconsin: #516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,825 girlsWIMichigan: #742 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,246 girlsMINew York: #1,406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,981 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedIAIndiana: #481 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,015 girlsINOhio: #496 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,514 girlsOHPennsylvania: #949 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,536 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #969 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 8,963 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedUTColorado: #558 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,198 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedWVVirginia: #724 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,948 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #766 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,452 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #708 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,262 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Meghann, so not publishedHITexas: #1,062 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,739 girlsTXFlorida: #979 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,917 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#481 · 1 in 4,015
  2. Ohio#496 · 1 in 4,514
  3. Wisconsin#516 · 1 in 4,825
  4. Colorado#558 · 1 in 4,198
  5. Louisiana#708 · 1 in 5,262

Best ever in a state: #208 in Maine, 1985.

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Indiana#48181 in 4,015
Ohio#496151 in 4,514
Wisconsin#51661 in 4,825
Colorado#55851 in 4,198
Louisiana#70851 in 5,262
Virginia#72451 in 6,948
Illinois#739111 in 6,598
Michigan#74281 in 7,246
North Carolina#76651 in 7,452
Pennsylvania#94961 in 11,536
California#969241 in 8,963
Florida#97971 in 9,917
Texas#1,062121 in 10,739
New York#1,40671 in 15,981
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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 Meghann
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
  • Biggest jump: 1,306 spots in 1978 (#1,877 → #571)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1980 (#517 → #730)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1979 at #517 (374 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1978–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,292
  • Highest: 1 in 4,292 girls born in 1979 were named Meghann (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 54.4% of all girls named Meghann (2,059) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s728#517 (1979)#988
1980s2,059#597 (1983)#837
1990s796#1,243 (1990)#2,074
2000s188#3,404 (2000)#7,668
2010s17#13,483 (2012)#15,746

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.

Meghann in 1987

girls
#899
186 births · 1 in 9,347 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #899Meghann186
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 9,347 of them was named Meghann, which outranked 93.2% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Meghann
  1. #893Vicki188
  2. #897Iesha187
  3. #897Jesenia187
  4. #899Meghann186
  5. #900Kasandra185
  6. #900Leandra185
  7. #900Rena185
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →