The first name Meg
A girl’s name.
1 syllable Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Meg last appeared in the official list in 2021, given to 5 girls. It peaked in 2001, with 76 births (#409).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Meg with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Meg at birth, 1880–2025
In 2022, 6 girls born in the United States were named Meg, the 14,720th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 196 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Meg
22 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Meg WhitmanAmerican business executive, born 1956
- Meg CabotAmerican novelist and writer, born 1967
- Meg TillyAmerican-Canadian actress, born 1960
- Meg WhiteAmerican drummer, born 1974
- Meg FosterAmerican actress, born 1948
- Meg HarrisAustralian swimmer, born 2002
- Meg LanningAustralian cricketer, born 1992
- Meg RosoffAmerican-British children's writer (born 1956)
- C. Megan UrryAmerican astrophysicist, born 1955
- Meg LeFauveAmerican film producer, screenwriter and television producer, born 1969
- Meg MyersAmerican singer-songwriter and musician, born 1986
- Meg MundyBritish-born American actress (1915-2016)
Questions
- How popular is the name Meg?
- In 2021, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Meg, ranking 3,961st. Its peak was 2001, with 76 births.
- Is Meg a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,321 US babies named Meg since 1880 were girls.
- When was Meg most popular?
- 1959 in the United States, when 196 babies were named Meg, its highest rank at 715th.