Meagen — girls' name
1,182 babies named Meagen in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Meagen was born in this single decade.
92 babies were named Meagen in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meagen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,182 babies named Meagen between 1970 and 2009, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meagen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 92 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meagen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 592 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meagen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Meagen in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meagen 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 1,182 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.
Meagen at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meagen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1970
- Peak year (1985)
- 92
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
1,182 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 92 births in a single year.
Meagen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 592 births that decade — 50% of Meagen's all-time total
Meagen decade highlights
- Peak decade 592 births
- Runner-up 399 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Meagen's strongest decade
592 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Meagen by state
Where Meagen concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 117 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 54 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 27 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.5% |
117 of 1,182 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Meagen appears in 12 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, 1970–2009 (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.