How Many People Are Named Meghan?
people named Meghan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,628 people in the US has this name
Based on 96,727 babies named Meghan in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
4,682 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 Meghan in English. Counting Meghan and these spellings together, about 587,847 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Meghan (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Meghan alive today is about 34 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 41 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Meghan first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1985, to 4,682 babies. In 2025, 102 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
π Rank History
Meghan never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #63, in 1985, and it was in the top 100 for 12 years, 1983 to 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,906.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,906 |
| Best rank | #63 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | 12 (1983 to 1994) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #79 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Meghan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meghan were born in New York than in any other state: about 9,228 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meghan was given 3.3 times as often in New Hampshire, 3.1 times in Massachusetts and 3 times in Vermont.
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