Recorded 1954–2024 · United States
Meagan was most popular in 1990, when 2,537 American babies were given the name — ranking #253 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 41,619 people named Meagan.
Meagan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1954, which makes it about 71 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 72 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 41,619 American births named Meagan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 40,691 are estimated to be alive today.
Meagan was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Meagan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 13 births a year, against 106 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -88% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Meagan is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 41,619 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 40,691 Americans named Meagan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 30 and 40. That is a narrow band: Meagan arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org