Girls' name · since 1977
Maigan
Maigan has 239 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maigan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 239 have been recorded since 1977.
Maigan has 239 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2005.
- #18,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maigan ranks #18,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maigan's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Maigan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maigan's full recorded timeline at 1992, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maigan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2005
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Maigan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (110 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Maigan's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Maigan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
110 births
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 110 births (46% of all-time use).
Maigan by state
Where Maigan concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
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- Maigan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maigans (6 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 Maigan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1977–2005 (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 Maigan 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.