Girls' name · peaked in 1985
Meghan name popularity since 1925
96,727 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Meghan. Half of them were born in 1990 or earlier, so the typical Meghan is about 36 years old in 2026. Meghan peaked in 1985 as the #63 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 96,727
- Named Meghan, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,906 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 96,500 girls · 227 boys
- Most popular in
- New Hampshire
- 3.60× its national share
Peak year is the year Meghan made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Meghan births per year, 1925–2025
1985 was the biggest year for Meghan both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Meghan became 4× more common, from 1 in 13,900 baby girls to 1 in 3,450.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 5,320 to 1 in 15,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Meghan's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Meghan.
Decade by decade
Babies named Meghan in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 102 | 0 | #4,274 |
| 1960s | 958 | 0 | #1,163 |
| 1970s | 9,358 | 38 | #292 |
| 1980s | 36,206 | 147 | #63 |
| 1990s | 31,500 | 28 | #112 |
| 2000s | 14,085 | 14 | #271 |
| 2010s | 3,045 | 0 | #1,083 |
| 2020–25 | 1,246 | 0 | #1,906 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
59.0% of babies named Meghan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Meghan is most popular
The index compares Meghan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Meghan.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 3.60× | 1,084 |
| Massachusetts | 2.84× | 6,474 |
| Vermont | 2.67× | 426 |
| Connecticut | 2.52× | 2,615 |
| Rhode Island | 2.48× | 842 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Meghan and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Meghan (this page) | 96,500 | 1985 |
| Megan | 440,038 | 1985 |
| Meghann | 3,788 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Meghan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Meghan.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Meghan (1985).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data