Meggin — girls' name
345 babies named Meggin in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Meggin was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Meggin in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meggin
The Social Security Administration has registered 345 babies named Meggin between 1954 and 1997, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meggin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meggin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meggin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meggin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meggin 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 345 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.
Meggin at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meggin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1954
- Peak year (1975)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
345 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 29 births in a single year.
Meggin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 156 births that decade — 45% of Meggin's all-time total
Meggin decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 141 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Meggin's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Meggin by state
Where Meggin concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 345 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.4% 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, 1954–1997 (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.