Maegan — girls' name
9,170 babies named Maegan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Maegan was born in this single decade.
431 babies were named Maegan in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maegan
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,170 babies named Maegan between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maegan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 431 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maegan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,539 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maegan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,306 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maegan in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maegan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,170 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maegan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maegan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1970
- Peak year (1991)
- 431
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
9,170 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 431 births in a single year.
Maegan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,539 births that decade — 39% of Maegan's all-time total
Maegan decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,539 births
- Runner-up 2,867 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maegan's strongest decade
3,539 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Maegan by state
Where Maegan concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,306 | 14.2% |
| #2 | California | | 709 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 449 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 383 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 313 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 311 | 3.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 283 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 272 | 3.0% |
1,306 of 9,170 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 14.2% of nationwide
- California 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
- Alabama 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maegan appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.