Megan
Rank in 2025
#887
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
301
girls 301
Peak year
1985
20,013 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
441,169
since 1922
Born a Megan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Megan was most popular in 1985, when 20,013 babies recorded as girls got the name (11.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 301 babies were named Megan, ranking #887 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 26%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 369 | 762 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 417 | 694 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 399 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 490 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 453 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 499 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 565 | 547 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 631 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 751 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 855 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 305 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,561 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,915 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,406 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 3,058 | 105 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 3,416 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 4,124 | 78 | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | 4,946 | 60 | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | 5,856 | 41 | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | 6,687 | 36 | 35 | 2887 |
| 2003 | 7,800 | 30 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 9,210 | 22 | 16 | 4703 |
| 2001 | 10,300 | 20 | 17 | 4476 |
| 2000 | 11,436 | 18 | 14 | 5040 |
| 1999 | 12,230 | 15 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 13,258 | 13 | 21 | 3486 |
| 1997 | 14,244 | 11 | 18 | 3738 |
| 1996 | 14,770 | 12 | 20 | 3406 |
| 1995 | 15,530 | 13 | 28 | 2626 |
| 1994 | 16,580 | 10 | 31 | 2444 |
| 1993 | 16,384 | 11 | 30 | 2455 |
| 1992 | 17,842 | 10 | 33 | 2253 |
| 1991 | 19,278 | 11 | 31 | 2295 |
| 1990 | 20,259 | 11 | 44 | 1780 |
| 1989 | 19,780 | 11 | 82 | 1173 |
| 1988 | 18,570 | 12 | 61 | 1319 |
| 1987 | 17,823 | 12 | 61 | 1248 |
| 1986 | 18,590 | 11 | 61 | 1227 |
| 1985 | 20,013 | 10 | 80 | 1020 |
| 1984 | 16,984 | 11 | 50 | 1320 |
| 1983 | 14,124 | 21 | 50 | 1314 |
| 1982 | 9,518 | 34 | 50 | 1320 |
| 1981 | 8,964 | 33 | 40 | 1520 |
| 1980 | 9,134 | 30 | 35 | 1655 |
| 1979 | 8,293 | 31 | 27 | 1943 |
| 1978 | 5,895 | 41 | 24 | 2012 |
| 1977 | 5,320 | 54 | 20 | 2270 |
| 1976 | 4,463 | 62 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 4,191 | 69 | 11 | 3246 |
| 1974 | 2,818 | 105 | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | 2,021 | 141 | 9 | 3445 |
| 1972 | 1,587 | 180 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 1,500 | 199 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 1,267 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,031 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 812 | 309 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 709 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 655 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 609 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 512 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 432 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 391 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 400 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 365 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 358 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 301 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 258 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 197 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 198 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 153 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 156 | 729 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 119 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 86 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 61 | 1183 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 30 | 1736 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 28 | 1778 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 29 | 1790 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 22 | 1970 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 24 | 1699 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | 2199 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 21 | 1900 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 12 | 2666 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | 2963 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | 3782 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | 3376 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 7 | 3431 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 8 | 3159 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | 4851 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 13 | 2587 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 7 | 4011 | <5 | — |
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Where Megan is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years