Meaghan

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #7,969 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 744 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,036
since 1955

Meaghan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Meaghan has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #325, 1986girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
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2020#7,96913
2019#9,73610
2018#9,80610
2017#9,94310
2016#7,98814
2015#6,72118
2014#5,45624
2013#5,64423
2012#4,70730
2011#3,40747
2010#3,07554
2009#2,67268
2008#2,17292
2007#1,886110
2006#1,833111
2005#1,494140
2004#1,357155
2003#1,084203
2002#923242
2001#804293
2000#690342
1999#644364
1998#583414
1997#531448
1996#522452
1995#474520
1994#397634
1993#442564
1992#406628
1991#377679
1990#366722
1989#347737#6,2297
1988#374643
1987#364652
1986#325744
1985#367633
1984#413514
1983#445462
1982#647276
1981#547340
1980#546341
1979#595302
1978#646251
1977#1,131112
1976#1,26388
1975#1,22993
1974#1,61658
1973#1,51062
1972#1,89044
1971#1,96643
1970#1,78150
1969#2,17134
1968#2,70822
1967#2,78120
1966#3,55813
1965#3,26415
1964#3,37915
1963#5,8916
1962#3,59213
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1959#4,3009
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Meaghan! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Meaghan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 485 spots in 1978 (#1,131#646)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 2003 (#923#1,084)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1986 at #325 (744 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1978–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,306
  • Highest: 1 in 2,306 girls born in 1986 were named Meaghan (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 124,350 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.7% of all girls named Meaghan (5,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s14#4,300 (1959)#5,064
1960s143#2,171 (1969)#3,748
1970s1,103#595 (1979)#1,363
1980s5,342#325 (1986)#438
1990s5,425#366 (1990)#474
2000s1,756#690 (2000)#1,492
2010s240#3,075 (2010)#6,648
2020s13#7,969 (2020)#7,969

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.

Meaghan in 1989

girls
#347
737 births · 1 in 2,501 girls
boys
#6,229
7 births · 1 in 285,847 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #347Meaghan737

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #6,229Meaghan7
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 2,501 of them was named Meaghan, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Meaghan
  1. #343Annie742
  2. #345Guadalupe739
  3. #345Karissa739
  4. #347Meaghan737
  5. #347Keri737
  6. #349Lacy736
  7. #350Simone732
  8. #351Cheryl731

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 285,847 of them was named Meaghan, which outranked 32.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Meaghan
  1. #5,615Zeshan8
  2. #5,615Zeus8
  3. #5,615Zong8
  4. #6,229Meaghan7
  5. #6,229Aarin7
  6. #6,229Aaryn7
  7. #6,229Abby7
  8. #6,941Aaran6
  9. #6,941Abayomi6
  10. #6,941Abrham6

Tied with 711 names at #6,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989