# Megan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/megan/  
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 | /ˈmɛɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Meggie, Meggy |
| Variant spellings | Meghann, Meighan, Maygan, Maegan, Megyn |
| US babies named this | 441,169 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,104 / 440,065 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70,928, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,915 | 164 |
| 2012 | 1,561 | 199 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | 255 |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 306 |
| 2015 | 855 | 385 |
| 2016 | 751 | 432 |
| 2017 | 631 | 496 |
| 2018 | 565 | 550 |
| 2019 | 499 | 609 |
| 2020 | 453 | 640 |
| 2021 | 490 | 609 |
| 2022 | 399 | 731 |
| 2023 | 417 | 694 |
| 2024 | 369 | 764 |
| 2025 | 301 | 889 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 28 | 2,660 |
| 1996 | 20 | 3,501 |
| 1997 | 18 | 3,832 |
| 1998 | 21 | 3,566 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5,915 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5,225 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4,618 |
| 2002 | 16 | 4,839 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7,067 |
| 2004 | 35 | 2,938 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,015 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,282 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,674 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,803 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,656 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,799 | 29 |
| 2012 | 1,388 | 41 |
| 2013 | 1,154 | 49 |
| 2014 | 879 | 65 |
| 2015 | 739 | 76 |
| 2016 | 658 | 83 |
| 2017 | 543 | 100 |
| 2018 | 410 | 126 |
| 2019 | 269 | 184 |
| 2020 | 201 | 232 |
| 2021 | 144 | 330 |
| 2022 | 126 | 342 |
| 2023 | 76 | 516 |
| 2024 | 78 | 503 |
| 2025 | 44 | 816 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ميغان
- French: Mégane
- Welsh: Megan

## People named Megan

- Megan Fox, American actress and model (born 1986)
- Megan Rapinoe, American soccer player (born 1985)
- Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper, singer and songwriter
- Megan Boone, American actress
- Megan Follows, Canadian actress and director
- Megan Young, Filipino actress
- Megan Park, Canadian actress
- Megan Gallagher, American theater and television actor
- Megan Abbott, American writer
- Megan Nicole, American singer-songwriter and actress
- Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
- Megan Guarnier, American cyclist

## 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.