Meghana — girls' name
966 babies named Meghana in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Meghana was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Meghana in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meghana
The Social Security Administration has registered 966 babies named Meghana between 1982 and 2022, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meghana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meghana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 524 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meghana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Meghana in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meghana 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 966 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.
Meghana at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meghana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1982
- Peak year (2001)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
966 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 65 births in a single year.
Meghana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 524 births that decade — 54% of Meghana's all-time total
Meghana decade highlights
- Peak decade 524 births
- Runner-up 239 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Meghana's strongest decade
524 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Meghana by state
Where Meghana concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 102 | 10.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 49 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 39 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
102 of 966 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Meghana appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1982–2022 (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.