Girls' name · since 1978
Meaghann
145 babies named Meaghann in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 145
- total births
- 1978–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Meaghann is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 145 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Meaghann recorded 145 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1996.
- 145 total births
- 1978–1996 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meaghann's 145 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meaghann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meaghann's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meaghann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1996
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Meaghann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Meaghann's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Meaghann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 71 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Meaghann's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 1990s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1978–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meaghann: Baby Name Since 1978 - 145 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meaghann. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Meaghann 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 July 2026.