Megen — girls' name
682 babies named Megen in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Megen was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Megen in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Megen
The Social Security Administration has registered 682 babies named Megen between 1960 and 2006, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Megen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Megen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Megen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Megen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Megen 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 682 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.
Megen at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Megen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1960
- Peak year (1985)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
682 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 43 births in a single year.
Megen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 286 births that decade — 42% of Megen's all-time total
Megen decade highlights
- Peak decade 286 births
- Runner-up 184 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Megen's strongest decade
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Megen by state
Where Megen concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
12 of 682 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–2006 (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.