Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Meaghan

#1,314 most common girls' name of all time · #2,294 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1955–2020

Rank among girls
#1,314
Rank overall
#2,294 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
14,043
Since 2016
57
Peak year
1986 #326
Best rank
#326 1986
Girls Boys peak 744/yr
1960198020002020

Meaghan first appears in 1955. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 13 — 13 #8,068
2019 10 — 10 #9,886
2018 10 — 10 #9,960
2017 10 — 10 #10,085
2016 14 — 14 #8,077
2015 18 — 18 #6,785
2014 24 — 24 #5,492
2013 23 — 23 #5,687
2012 30 — 30 #4,734
2011 47 — 47 #3,417
2010 54 — 54 #3,091
2009 68 — 68 #2,681
2008 92 — 92 #2,175
2007 110 — 110 #1,891
2006 111 — 111 #1,842
2005 140 — 140 #1,496
2004 155 — 155 #1,360
2003 203 — 203 #1,089
2002 242 — 242 #928
2001 293 — 293 #805
2000 342 — 342 #690
1999 364 — 364 #644
1998 414 — 414 #585
1997 448 — 448 #533
1996 452 — 452 #523
1995 520 — 520 #475
1994 634 — 634 #397
1993 564 — 564 #442
1992 628 — 628 #406
1991 679 — 679 #378
1990 722 — 722 #367
1989 737 7 744 #348
1988 643 — 643 #375
1987 652 — 652 #364
1986 744 — 744 #326
1985 633 — 633 #368
1984 514 — 514 #414
1983 462 — 462 #446
1982 276 — 276 #649
1981 340 — 340 #548
1980 341 — 341 #546
1979 302 — 302 #599
1978 251 — 251 #647
1977 112 — 112 #1,138
1976 88 — 88 #1,268
1975 93 — 93 #1,238
1974 58 — 58 #1,623
1973 62 — 62 #1,523
1972 44 — 44 #1,912
1971 43 — 43 #1,991
1970 50 — 50 #1,801
1969 34 — 34 #2,205
1968 22 — 22 #2,782
1967 20 — 20 #2,853
1966 13 — 13 #3,701
1965 15 — 15 #3,383
1964 15 — 15 #3,505
1963 6 — 6 #6,392
1962 13 — 13 #3,764
1960 5 — 5 #7,044
1959 9 — 9 #4,595
1955 5 — 5 #6,670