Maegan

Where Maegan comes from

The dictionaries list Maegan as a given name — a female given name, variant of Megan — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #5,818 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Peak, #505
    420 babies named Maegan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1992
    Maegan Kelly born
    American soccer player
  4. 1995
    Maegan Manasse born
    US female tennis player
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,168.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Megan.
Namesakes
  • Maegan Kelly · American soccer player, born 1992
  • Maegan Manasse · US female tennis player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.