Girls' name · since 1973
Meigan
Meigan has 147 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 147
- total births
- 1973–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
147 girls have been named Meigan since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meigan has been recorded 147 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2005.
- 147 total births
- 1973–2005 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meigan's 147 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meigan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meigan splits its recorded history at 1989: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meigan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2005
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Meigan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Meigan's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Meigan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 61 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Meigan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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, 1973–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meigan: Baby Name Since 1973 - 147 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meigan. 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 Meigan 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.