Megan
#81 most common girls' name of all time · #159 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1922–2025
Rank among girls
#81
Rank overall
#159 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
441,169
Since 2016
4,875
Peak year
1990 #11
Best rank
#10 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 20,303/yr
Megan first appears in 1922. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | — | 301 | #888 |
| 2024 | 369 | — | 369 | #765 |
| 2023 | 417 | — | 417 | #694 |
| 2022 | 399 | — | 399 | #730 |
| 2021 | 490 | — | 490 | #609 |
| 2020 | 453 | — | 453 | #640 |
| 2019 | 499 | — | 499 | #608 |
| 2018 | 565 | — | 565 | #548 |
| 2017 | 631 | — | 631 | #496 |
| 2016 | 751 | — | 751 | #432 |
| 2015 | 855 | — | 855 | #385 |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 6 | 1,070 | #307 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | — | 1,246 | #255 |
| 2012 | 1,561 | — | 1,561 | #199 |
| 2011 | 1,915 | — | 1,915 | #164 |
| 2010 | 2,406 | — | 2,406 | #131 |
| 2009 | 3,058 | 5 | 3,063 | #105 |
| 2008 | 3,416 | — | 3,416 | #100 |
| 2007 | 4,124 | 9 | 4,133 | #78 |
| 2006 | 4,946 | 8 | 4,954 | #60 |
| 2005 | 5,856 | 6 | 5,862 | #41 |
| 2004 | 6,687 | 35 | 6,722 | #36 |
| 2003 | 7,800 | 10 | 7,810 | #30 |
| 2002 | 9,210 | 16 | 9,226 | #22 |
| 2001 | 10,300 | 17 | 10,317 | #20 |
| 2000 | 11,436 | 14 | 11,450 | #18 |
| 1999 | 12,230 | 11 | 12,241 | #15 |
| 1998 | 13,258 | 21 | 13,279 | #13 |
| 1997 | 14,244 | 18 | 14,262 | #11 |
| 1996 | 14,770 | 20 | 14,790 | #12 |
| 1995 | 15,530 | 28 | 15,558 | #13 |
| 1994 | 16,580 | 31 | 16,611 | #10 |
| 1993 | 16,384 | 30 | 16,414 | #11 |
| 1992 | 17,842 | 33 | 17,875 | #10 |
| 1991 | 19,278 | 31 | 19,309 | #11 |
| 1990 | 20,259 | 44 | 20,303 | #11 |
| 1989 | 19,780 | 82 | 19,862 | #11 |
| 1988 | 18,570 | 61 | 18,631 | #12 |
| 1987 | 17,823 | 61 | 17,884 | #12 |
| 1986 | 18,590 | 61 | 18,651 | #11 |
| 1985 | 20,013 | 80 | 20,093 | #10 |
| 1984 | 16,984 | 50 | 17,034 | #11 |
| 1983 | 14,124 | 50 | 14,174 | #21 |
| 1982 | 9,518 | 50 | 9,568 | #34 |
| 1981 | 8,964 | 40 | 9,004 | #33 |
| 1980 | 9,134 | 35 | 9,169 | #30 |
| 1979 | 8,293 | 27 | 8,320 | #31 |
| 1978 | 5,895 | 24 | 5,919 | #41 |
| 1977 | 5,320 | 20 | 5,340 | #54 |
| 1976 | 4,463 | 20 | 4,483 | #62 |
| 1975 | 4,191 | 11 | 4,202 | #69 |
| 1974 | 2,818 | 12 | 2,830 | #105 |
| 1973 | 2,021 | 9 | 2,030 | #141 |
| 1972 | 1,587 | 7 | 1,594 | #181 |
| 1971 | 1,500 | 6 | 1,506 | #199 |
| 1970 | 1,267 | — | 1,267 | #246 |
| 1969 | 1,031 | — | 1,031 | #276 |
| 1968 | 812 | 5 | 817 | #309 |
| 1967 | 709 | — | 709 | #328 |
| 1966 | 655 | — | 655 | #354 |
| 1965 | 609 | — | 609 | #370 |
| 1964 | 512 | — | 512 | #433 |
| 1963 | 432 | — | 432 | #469 |
| 1962 | 391 | — | 391 | #491 |
| 1961 | 400 | — | 400 | #486 |
| 1960 | 365 | — | 365 | #506 |
| 1959 | 358 | — | 358 | #515 |
| 1958 | 301 | — | 301 | #565 |
| 1957 | 258 | — | 258 | #609 |
| 1956 | 197 | — | 197 | #684 |
| 1955 | 198 | — | 198 | #665 |
| 1954 | 153 | — | 153 | #752 |
| 1953 | 156 | — | 156 | #729 |
| 1952 | 119 | — | 119 | #844 |
| 1951 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,009 |
| 1950 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,188 |
| 1949 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,758 |
| 1948 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,807 |
| 1947 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,815 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,010 |
| 1945 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,268 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,941 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,157 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,124 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,641 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,690 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,414 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,696 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,803 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,088 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,245 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,474 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,396 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,731 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,437 |