Meghan — #1445 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meghan

The Social Security Administration has registered 96,398 babies named Meghan between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meghan currently holds the #1445 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 4,670 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meghan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36,208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Meghan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9,481 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Meghan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meghan 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 96,398 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.