Megan Girl
How popular is Megan?
#887 girl name in 2025
301 baby girls were named Megan in the US in 2025, making it the 887th most popular girl name.
Megan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #887 for girls (▼ 125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 301 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #385 in 2015, #640 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (20,259 girls) |
| Highest rank | #10 in 1985 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Megan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Megan family of names ranked #669 for girls in 2025 (#542 the year before), with 403 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Megan | 301 | 75% |
| Meghan | 102 | 25% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Megan is most popular
Babies named Megan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.6 per 1,000 (249 girls)
- Utah: 0.5 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Texas: 0.4 per 1,000 (303 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
Megan by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 39 | #2,587 |
| 1930s | 47 | #3,157 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,698 |
| 1950s | 1,887 | #515 |
| 1960s | 5,916 | #276 |
| 1970s | 37,355 | #31 |
| 1980s | 153,500 | #10 |
| 1990s | 160,375 | #10 |
| 2000s | 66,833 | #18 |
| 2010s | 11,493 | #131 |
| 2020s | 2,429 | #609 |
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Questions
- Is Megan a boy or girl name?
- Megan is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Megan were girls.
- How popular is the name Megan?
- 301 baby girls were named Megan in the US in 2025, making it the 887th most popular girl name.
- When was Megan most popular?
- Megan peaked in 1990, when 20,259 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #10, held for 3 years starting in 1985.
- How many people are named Megan?
- 441,169 babies have been named Megan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 430,714 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Megan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Megan was most common in Florida, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.