How Many People Are Named Megumi?

576

people named Megumi are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 593,376 people in the US has this name

Based on 587 babies named Megumi in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#15,177

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#8,673

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Peak Year

1991

25 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: ME-GOO-MEE
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Japanese 恵 (megumi) meaning "favour, benefit" or 愛 (megumi) meaning "love, affection", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations which have the same reading. It is often written めぐみ using the hiragana writing system.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Megumi in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Megumi alive today is about 27 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 35 in 2025.

Under 30 334
57.9%
30 to 59 243
42.1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Megumi first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1991, to 25 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Megumi has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,152, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #12,729.

Girls
Rank in 2025#12,729
Best rank#4,152 (1991)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#5,057 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Megumi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Megumi were born in California than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Megumi was given about 6.3 times as often in California.

California 87
New York 6

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