girl's name

Meaghan

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 16,290

Scotland

#386

1999 births

Meaghan is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1986, when 744 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1955.

Meaghan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

5,425
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Meaghan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 14
1960s 143
1970s 1,103
1980s 5,349
1990s 5,425
2000s 1,756
2010s 240
2020s (to 2020) 13

How popular is Meaghan?

In 2020, Meaghan was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meaghan is used

Scotland #386 7 in 1999
Northern Ireland #390 4 in 2011
Ireland #960 3 in 2017
Canada #2,396 8 in 2015
France #3,698 5 in 1997
England & Wales #5,171 4 in 2014
United States #8,092 13 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Meaghan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Meaghan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Meaghan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Meaghan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Meaghan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Meaghan

How popular is the name Meaghan?

In 2020, Meaghan was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Meaghan a girl's or a boy's name?

Meaghan is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Meaghan most popular?

Meaghan peaked in 1986, when 744 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.