girl's name

Meghann

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 4,422

Ireland

#680

1997 births

Meghann is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1979, when 374 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Meghann over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

2,059
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Meghann by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 728
1980s 2,059
1990s 796
2000s 188
2010s (to 2012) 17

How popular is Meghann?

In 2012, Meghann was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meghann is used

Ireland #680 3 in 1997
Scotland #762 3 in 1994
Canada #2,984 5 in 2002
France #5,373 5 in 2002
England & Wales #6,769 3 in 2007
United States #14,831 7 in 2012

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.

How Meghann is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Méghann Méghann is a rare spelling of Meghann, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Meghann

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

Parents who like Meghann also like

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

Sibling names for Meghann

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

Common questions about Meghann

How popular is the name Meghann?

In 2012, Meghann was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Meghann is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Meghann most popular?

Meghann peaked in 1979, when 374 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.