Girls' name · since 1959
Megon
161 babies named Megon in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 161
- total births
- 1959–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Megon is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 161 have been recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Megon recorded 161 times among girls since 1959, 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 1959 to 1992.
- 161 total births
- 1959–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Megon's 161 recorded births place it above 69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Megon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Megon splits its recorded history at 1983: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Megon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1992
- Peak year (1986)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Megon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Megon's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Megon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 91 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Megon's decade-level peak was the 1980s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1990s -- 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, 1959–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Megon: Baby Name Since 1959 - 161 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/megon. 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 Megon 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.