Meghan Girl
How popular is Meghan?
#1,902 girl name in 2025
102 baby girls were named Meghan in the US in 2025, making it the 1902nd most popular girl name.
Meghan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,902 for girls (▼ 456 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 102 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,082 in 2015, #880 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (4,669 girls) |
| Highest rank | #63 in 1985 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Meghan 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 Meghan is most popular
Babies named Meghan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (160 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Meghan by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 102 | #1,515 |
| 1960s | 958 | #656 |
| 1970s | 9,358 | #121 |
| 1980s | 36,206 | #63 |
| 1990s | 31,500 | #91 |
| 2000s | 14,085 | #134 |
| 2010s | 3,045 | #565 |
| 2020s | 1,246 | #880 |
Girl names about as popular as Meghan
Questions
- Is Meghan a boy or girl name?
- Meghan is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Meghan were girls.
- How popular is the name Meghan?
- 102 baby girls were named Meghan in the US in 2025, making it the 1902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Meghan most popular?
- Meghan peaked in 1985, when 4,669 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #63 in 1985.
- How many people are named Meghan?
- 96,727 babies have been named Meghan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 94,476 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Meghan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Meghan was most common in Florida, at 0.4 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.