Magan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Magan

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,739 babies named Magan between 1968 and 2011, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 181 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Magan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 329 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Magan in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magan 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 2,739 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.