Magan

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153

Peak · girls
1985 · 171 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,739
since 1968

Magan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magan has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #925, 1985girls
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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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2011#12,1538
2010#10,45110
2009#10,67910
2008#10,08411
2007#7,39417
2006#6,59219
2005#9,45211
2004#8,25913
2003#4,94325
2002#3,24143
2001#3,14244
2000#2,81751
1999#2,73750
1998#2,37059
1997#2,17463
1996#2,01469
1995#1,60693
1994#1,66390
1993#1,57797
1992#1,254138
1991#1,277131
1990#1,001181
1989#972179
1988#960173
1987#1,002156
1986#944168
1985#925171
1984#1,126122
1983#1,34689
1982#1,90056
1981#2,02851
1980#1,55275
1979#1,73163
1978#1,96249
1977#2,00248
1976#2,13540
1975#2,56530
1974#6,2588
1973#5,19110
1972#8,2925
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Magan! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Magan is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #898 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,048 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,729 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 23,463 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #578 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsLAMississippi: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,048 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Magan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,230 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 14,255 girlsTXFlorida: #966 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,809 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#480 · 1 in 3,048
  2. Louisiana#578 · 1 in 4,396
  3. Michigan#898 · 1 in 11,048
  4. Florida#966 · 1 in 9,809
  5. Texas#1,230 · 1 in 14,255

Best ever in a state: #162 in Alabama, 1989.

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Mississippi#48051 in 3,048
Louisiana#57871 in 4,396
Michigan#89851 in 11,048
Florida#96661 in 9,809
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California#1,72981 in 23,463
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See more about Magan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
  • Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1985 (#1,126 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1987 (#944 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1985 at #925 (171 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1985–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,063
  • Highest: 1 in 10,063 girls born in 1985 were named Magan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 219,883 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.3% of all girls named Magan (1,240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s7#5,642 (1968)#5,642
1970s259#1,731 (1979)#4,134
1980s1,240#925 (1985)#1,276
1990s971#1,001 (1990)#1,767
2000s244#2,817 (2000)#6,660
2010s18#10,451 (2010)#11,302

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.

Magan in 1983

girls
#1,346
89 births · 1 in 18,771 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,346Magan89
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 18,771 of them was named Magan, which outranked 88.9% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Magan
  1. #1,328Shawnna90
  2. #1,328Shemeka90
  3. #1,328Tawnya90
  4. #1,346Magan89
  5. #1,346Ayanna89
  6. #1,346Breann89
  7. #1,346Candyce89
  8. #1,358Bethanie88
  9. #1,358Denice88
  10. #1,358Fiona88

Tied with 11 names at #1,346; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →