Meghan
#1,902 for girls in 2025, 102 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 4,669 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 96,500since 1952
Meghan over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,902 | 102 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,446 | 152 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,164 | 207 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2021 | #987 | 262 | — | |
| 2020 | #880 | 304 | — | |
| 2019 | #733 | 385 | — | |
| 2018 | #707 | 412 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,387 | 166 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,082 | 242 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,156 | 214 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,073 | 230 | — | |
| 2012 | #883 | 301 | — | |
| 2011 | #735 | 376 | — | |
| 2010 | #565 | 517 | — | |
| 2009 | #494 | 621 | — | |
| 2008 | #455 | 694 | — | |
| 2007 | #373 | 878 | — | |
| 2006 | #321 | 1,021 | — | |
| 2005 | #270 | 1,219 | — | |
| 2004 | #217 | 1,557 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #193 | 1,695 | — | |
| 2002 | #174 | 1,862 | — | |
| 2001 | #159 | 2,024 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #134 | 2,514 | — | |
| 1999 | #127 | 2,578 | — | |
| 1998 | #121 | 2,696 | — | |
| 1997 | #113 | 2,868 | — | |
| 1996 | #113 | 2,773 | — | |
| 1995 | #112 | 2,963 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #100 | 3,227 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #93 | 3,401 | — | |
| 1992 | #91 | 3,595 | — | |
| 1991 | #94 | 3,704 | — | |
| 1990 | #91 | 3,695 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #80 | 3,856 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #81 | 3,609 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #78 | 3,770 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #71 | 3,869 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #63 | 4,669 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #65 | 4,505 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #75 | 3,888 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #110 | 2,734 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #116 | 2,614 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #114 | 2,692 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #121 | 2,571 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #164 | 1,679 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #216 | 1,142 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #270 | 865 | — | |
| 1975 | #291 | 821 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #355 | 609 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #399 | 503 | — | |
| 1972 | #435 | 441 | — | |
| 1971 | #530 | 346 | — | |
| 1970 | #515 | 381 | — | |
| 1969 | #656 | 233 | — | |
| 1968 | #855 | 143 | — | |
| 1967 | #935 | 119 | — | |
| 1966 | #991 | 106 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,240 | 79 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,280 | 74 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meghan! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meghan is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#34 · 1 in 126
- Massachusetts#41 · 1 in 165
- Connecticut#45 · 1 in 207
- New Hampshire#46 · 1 in 158
- Rhode Island#46 · 1 in 168
Best ever in a state: #17 in Rhode Island, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #34 | 22 | 1 in 126 |
| Massachusetts | #41 | 198 | 1 in 165 |
| Connecticut | #45 | 76 | 1 in 207 |
| New Hampshire | #46 | 35 | 1 in 158 |
| Rhode Island | #46 | 28 | 1 in 168 |
| Maine | #53 | 28 | 1 in 223 |
| New Jersey | #55 | 139 | 1 in 275 |
| New York | #72 | 277 | 1 in 371 |
| Pennsylvania | #75 | 191 | 1 in 366 |
| Montana | #76 | 16 | 1 in 303 |
| Alaska | #81 | 11 | 1 in 311 |
| Michigan | #82 | 135 | 1 in 427 |
| Minnesota | #83 | 69 | 1 in 424 |
| Maryland | #91 | 51 | 1 in 437 |
| Virginia | #92 | 68 | 1 in 453 |
| Washington | #95 | 59 | 1 in 466 |
| Wyoming | #96 | 9 | 1 in 371 |
| Arizona | #98 | 44 | 1 in 458 |
| Delaware | #101 | 7 | 1 in 426 |
| Illinois | #101 | 153 | 1 in 486 |
| Ohio | #102 | 140 | 1 in 510 |
| Missouri | #104 | 61 | 1 in 528 |
| Nebraska | #108 | 23 | 1 in 468 |
| South Dakota | #109 | 10 | 1 in 474 |
| Colorado | #118 | 39 | 1 in 565 |
| Idaho | #118 | 14 | 1 in 491 |
| Nevada | #123 | 9 | 1 in 530 |
| Wisconsin | #126 | 49 | 1 in 641 |
| Indiana | #136 | 49 | 1 in 718 |
| Kansas | #142 | 23 | 1 in 675 |
| Iowa | #145 | 26 | 1 in 724 |
| Florida | #146 | 72 | 1 in 788 |
| Louisiana | #154 | 40 | 1 in 792 |
| North Dakota | #154 | 7 | 1 in 712 |
| Utah | #155 | 22 | 1 in 745 |
| California | #160 | 219 | 1 in 848 |
| District of Columbia | #162 | 9 | 1 in 638 |
| Tennessee | #169 | 30 | 1 in 935 |
| Hawaii | #173 | 8 | 1 in 642 |
| Alabama | #177 | 22 | 1 in 994 |
| Kentucky | #192 | 22 | 1 in 1,080 |
| West Virginia | #194 | 10 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Oregon | #210 | 15 | 1 in 1,089 |
| New Mexico | #217 | 10 | 1 in 970 |
| Georgia | #223 | 28 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Oklahoma | #231 | 17 | 1 in 1,328 |
| North Carolina | #242 | 23 | 1 in 1,487 |
| Texas | #250 | 98 | 1 in 1,326 |
| South Carolina | #254 | 13 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Arkansas | #301 | 7 | 1 in 1,823 |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
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 Meghan
- 456 spots since 2024 (#1,446 → #1,902)
- 1,022 spots since 2020 (#880 → #1,902)
- 820 spots since 2015 (#1,082 → #1,902)
- Biggest jump: 680 spots in 2018 (#1,387 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2013 (#883 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1985 at #63 (4,669 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1983–1994
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1966–2012
- Highest: 1 in 369 girls born in 1985 were named Meghan (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,758 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.5% of all girls named Meghan (36,206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 102 | #1,516 (1959) | #3,965 |
| 1960s | 958 | #656 (1969) | #1,258 |
| 1970s | 9,358 | #121 (1979) | #330 |
| 1980s | 36,206 | #63 (1985) | #85 |
| 1990s | 31,500 | #91 (1990) | #106 |
| 2000s | 14,085 | #134 (2000) | #279 |
| 2010s | 3,045 | #565 (2010) | #954 |
| 2020s | 1,246 | #880 (2020) | #1,250 |
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.
Meghan in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 619 of them was named Meghan, which outranked 99.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 201,605 of them was named Meghan, which outranked 42.5% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,966Zacharie10
- #3,966Zeferino10
- #3,966Zoltan10
- #4,234Meghan9
- #4,234Abdon9
- #4,234Abdulrahman9
- #4,234Abdur9
- #4,593Aaric8
- #4,593Abdiel8
- #4,593Abid8
Tied with 358 names at #4,234; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.