Girls' name · since 1969
Meeghan
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 235 babies named Meeghan, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 235
- total births
- 1969–2008
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
Meeghan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 235 recorded since 1969.
Meeghan has 235 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2008.
- 235 total births
- 1969–2008 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meeghan's 235 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meeghan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meeghan splits its recorded history at 1985: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meeghan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2008
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Meeghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Meeghan's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Meeghan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 80 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Meeghan's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2000s (38) -- 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, 1969–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meeghan: Baby Name Since 1969 - 235 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meeghan. 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 Meeghan 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.