girl's name

Meggan

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 3,331

Ireland

#555

1992 births

Meggan is a girl's name. In 2013 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1985, when 185 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1957.

Meggan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2013, not a full ten years.

1,312
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Meggan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 53
1970s 773
1980s 1,312
1990s 611
2000s 147
2010s (to 2013) 26

How popular is Meggan?

In 2013, Meggan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meggan is used

Ireland #555 3 in 1992
Scotland #695 3 in 1995
Canada #2,600 7 in 2008
France #4,390 5 in 2002
England & Wales #6,438 3 in 2009
United States #11,311 9 in 2013

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 Meggan

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

Parents who like Meggan also like

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

Sibling names for Meggan

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

Common questions about Meggan

How popular is the name Meggan?

In 2013, Meggan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Meggan is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Meggan most popular?

Meggan peaked in 1985, when 185 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.