Megan

Where Megan comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.
— Wiktionary's entry for Megan
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #4,011 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Megan Rapinoe born
    American soccer player
  3. 1985
    Peak, #10
    20,013 babies named Megan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1986
    Megan Fox born
    American actress and model
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #22.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Megan Fox · American actress and model, born 1986
  • Megan Rapinoe · American soccer player, born 1985
  • Megan Thee Stallion · American rapper, singer and songwriter, born 1995
  • Megan Mullally · American actress, born 1958
  • Megan Boone · American actress, born 1983

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.