Meaghen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Meaghen

The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Meaghen between 1978 and 2001, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meaghen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meaghen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meaghen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meaghen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meaghen 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 172 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.