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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |