Megan — #761 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Megan

The Social Security Administration has registered 439,765 babies named Megan between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Megan currently holds the #761 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20,259 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Megan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 160,373 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Megan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42,093 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Megan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Megan 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 439,765 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.