Girls' name · since 1979
Meghen
Meghen has 135 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 135
- total births
- 1979–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
135 girls have been named Meghen since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Meghen recorded 135 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2000.
- 135 total births
- 1979–2000 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meghen's 135 recorded births place it above 67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meghen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meghen's full recorded timeline at 1989, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meghen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2000
- Peak year (1984)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Meghen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Meghen's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Meghen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 72 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Meghen's data
- Meghen's decade-level peak was the 1980s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meghen: Baby Name Since 1979 - 135 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meghen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Meghen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.