Meg
#2,382 most common girls' name of all time · #4,060 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2022
Rank among girls
#2,382
Rank overall
#4,060 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
5,321
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1959 #715
Best rank
#715 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 196/yr
Meg first appears in 1941. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,800 |
| 2021 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,312 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,055 |
| 2019 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,862 |
| 2018 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,571 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,892 |
| 2016 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,457 |
| 2015 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,278 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,122 |
| 2013 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,520 |
| 2012 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,139 |
| 2011 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,706 |
| 2010 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2009 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,313 |
| 2008 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,172 |
| 2007 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,831 |
| 2006 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,739 |
| 2005 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,926 |
| 2004 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,512 |
| 2002 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,687 |
| 2001 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,648 |
| 2000 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,620 |
| 1999 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,671 |
| 1998 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,728 |
| 1997 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,723 |
| 1996 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,557 |
| 1995 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,773 |
| 1993 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,181 |
| 1992 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,824 |
| 1991 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,334 |
| 1990 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,820 |
| 1989 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,320 |
| 1988 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,200 |
| 1987 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,994 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,792 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,630 |
| 1984 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,748 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,685 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,727 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,099 |
| 1980 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,029 |
| 1979 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,631 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,451 |
| 1977 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,233 |
| 1976 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,006 |
| 1975 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,581 |
| 1974 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,274 |
| 1973 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,543 |
| 1972 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1970 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,269 |
| 1969 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,135 |
| 1968 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,192 |
| 1967 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,186 |
| 1966 | 106 | — | 106 | #997 |
| 1965 | 120 | — | 120 | #931 |
| 1964 | 161 | — | 161 | #828 |
| 1963 | 179 | — | 179 | #775 |
| 1962 | 184 | — | 184 | #766 |
| 1961 | 154 | — | 154 | #861 |
| 1960 | 179 | — | 179 | #764 |
| 1959 | 196 | — | 196 | #715 |
| 1958 | 125 | — | 125 | #924 |
| 1957 | 129 | — | 129 | #901 |
| 1956 | 110 | — | 110 | #964 |
| 1955 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,155 |
| 1954 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,342 |
| 1953 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,342 |
| 1952 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,502 |
| 1950 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,907 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,206 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,583 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,758 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,953 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,733 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,933 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,435 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,052 |