Girls' name · since 1975
Maghan
Maghan has 496 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 496
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Maghan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 496 recorded since 1975.
Maghan has 496 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2005.
- #11,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 496 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maghan ranks #11,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 496 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 496
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Maghan's 496 recorded births place it above 83.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Maghan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maghan's full recorded timeline at 1990, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maghan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2005
- Peak year (1985)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Maghan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (244 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Maghan's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Maghan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
244 births
- 1990s
1990s
187 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 244 births (49% of all-time use).
Maghan by state
Where Maghan concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
10 of 496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Maghan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (244 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maghans (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maghan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maghan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.