Meeghan — girls' name
235 babies named Meeghan in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
235 girls have been named Meeghan since 1969, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2008.
- 235
- total births
- 1969–2008
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Meeghan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Meeghan in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meeghan
The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Meeghan between 1969 and 2008, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meeghan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meeghan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meeghan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meeghan 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 235 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.
Meeghan at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meeghan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1969
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
235 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 14 births in a single year.
Meeghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 80 births that decade — 34% of Meeghan's all-time total
Meeghan decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Meeghan's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–2008 (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.