How Many People Are Named Meaghan?
people named Meaghan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,987 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,043 babies named Meaghan in Social Security records from 1955 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
744 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MEGAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Meaghan in English. Counting Meaghan and these spellings together, about 587,847 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Meaghan in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Meaghan alive today is about 34 years old, and 73% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 40 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Meaghan first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1986, to 744 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2020
π Rank History
Meaghan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #325, in 1986.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #325 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #472 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Meaghan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meaghan were born in Massachusetts than in any other state: about 1,932 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meaghan was given 7.4 times as often in Massachusetts, 5.7 times in Rhode Island and 4.9 times in New Hampshire.
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