Girls' name · since 1989
Meghin
Meghin has 193 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 193
- total births
- 1989–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
Meghin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 193 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meghin has been recorded 193 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1999.
- 193 total births
- 1989–1999 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meghin's 193 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
Meghin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meghin's full recorded timeline at 1993, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meghin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1999
- Peak year (1990)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1999.
193 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 42 births in a single year.
Meghin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Meghin's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Meghin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
167 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 167 births (87% of all-time use).
Meghin decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Meghin by state
Where Meghin concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
Top 5 states
- Alabama 2.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meghin: Baby Name Since 1989 - 193 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meghin. 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 Meghin 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.
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