# Meaghan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meaghan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 14,036 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 107, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 111 | 1,841 |
| 2007 | 110 | 1,891 |
| 2008 | 92 | 2,181 |
| 2009 | 68 | 2,698 |
| 2010 | 54 | 3,107 |
| 2011 | 47 | 3,442 |
| 2012 | 30 | 4,794 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,772 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,572 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,896 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,262 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,466 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,308 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,228 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,262 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 7 | 6,692 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16 | 1,168 |
| 1997 | 8 | 1,958 |
| 1998 | 19 | 1,076 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |

## People named Meaghan

- Meaghan Jette Martin, American musician and actor
- Meaghan Rath, Canadian actress
- Meaghan Benfeito, Canadian diver
- Meaghan Mikkelson Reid, Canadian ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.