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.

Meghan

#394 most common girls' name of all time · #718 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1952–2025

Rank among girls
#394
Rank overall
#718 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
96,727
Since 2016
2,411
Peak year
1985 #63
Best rank
#63 1985
Girls Boys peak 4,682/yr
1960198020002020

Meghan first appears in 1952. 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
2025 102 102 #1,905
2024 152 152 #1,448
2023 207 207 #1,165
2022 219 219 #1,122
2021 262 262 #989
2020 304 304 #880
2019 385 385 #736
2018 412 412 #707
2017 166 166 #1,388
2016 202 202 #1,221
2015 242 242 #1,084
2014 214 214 #1,159
2013 230 230 #1,075
2012 301 301 #883
2011 376 376 #735
2010 517 517 #566
2009 621 621 #494
2008 694 694 #455
2007 878 878 #373
2006 1,021 1,021 #321
2005 1,219 1,219 #270
2004 1,557 8 1,565 #217
2003 1,695 1,695 #193
2002 1,862 1,862 #174
2001 2,024 6 2,030 #159
2000 2,514 2,514 #134
1999 2,578 2,578 #127
1998 2,696 2,696 #121
1997 2,868 2,868 #113
1996 2,773 2,773 #113
1995 2,963 8 2,971 #112
1994 3,227 7 3,234 #100
1993 3,401 3,401 #93
1992 3,595 3,595 #91
1991 3,704 3,704 #94
1990 3,695 13 3,708 #91
1989 3,856 18 3,874 #80
1988 3,609 10 3,619 #81
1987 3,770 21 3,791 #78
1986 3,869 16 3,885 #71
1985 4,669 13 4,682 #63
1984 4,505 22 4,527 #65
1983 3,888 15 3,903 #75
1982 2,734 9 2,743 #110
1981 2,614 10 2,624 #116
1980 2,692 13 2,705 #114
1979 2,571 9 2,580 #121
1978 1,679 11 1,690 #164
1977 1,142 6 1,148 #216
1976 865 865 #270
1975 821 6 827 #292
1974 609 6 615 #355
1973 503 503 #399
1972 441 441 #436
1971 346 346 #530
1970 381 381 #516
1969 233 233 #656
1968 143 143 #858
1967 119 119 #939
1966 106 106 #998
1965 85 85 #1,166
1964 79 79 #1,245
1963 74 74 #1,287
1962 47 47 #1,670
1961 39 39 #1,869
1960 33 33 #2,012
1959 51 51 #1,535
1958 14 14 #3,369
1957 8 8 #4,863
1956 7 7 #5,253
1955 9 9 #4,354
1954 7 7 #5,105
1952 6 6 #5,545