Meighan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Meighan

The Social Security Administration has registered 564 babies named Meighan between 1965 and 2003, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meighan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meighan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meighan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Meighan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meighan 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 564 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.