Megean — girls' name
174 babies named Megean in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
174 girls have been named Megean since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 174
- total births
- 1979–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Megean was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Megean in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Megean
The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Megean between 1979 and 1998, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Megean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Megean performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Megean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Megean 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 174 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.
Megean at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Megean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1979
- Peak year (1986)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
174 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 19 births in a single year.
Megean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 87 births that decade — 50% of Megean's all-time total
Megean decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Megean's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1979–1998 (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.