# Meghan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meghan/  
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 | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Meaghan, Meghann, Meighan |
| US babies named this | 96,727 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 227 / 96,500 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,149, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 376 | 736 |
| 2012 | 301 | 883 |
| 2013 | 230 | 1,077 |
| 2014 | 214 | 1,159 |
| 2015 | 242 | 1,083 |
| 2016 | 202 | 1,221 |
| 2017 | 166 | 1,391 |
| 2018 | 412 | 708 |
| 2019 | 385 | 735 |
| 2020 | 304 | 880 |
| 2021 | 262 | 989 |
| 2022 | 219 | 1,126 |
| 2023 | 207 | 1,165 |
| 2024 | 152 | 1,447 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,906 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13 | 3,368 |
| 1981 | 10 | 4,043 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,464 |
| 1983 | 15 | 3,021 |
| 1984 | 22 | 2,341 |
| 1985 | 13 | 3,535 |
| 1986 | 16 | 3,079 |
| 1987 | 21 | 2,615 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,656 |
| 1989 | 18 | 3,286 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,327 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,487 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,778 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,103 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,654 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 721 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1,070 |
| 2015 | 46 | 819 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 49 | 797 |
| 2018 | 101 | 431 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 52 | 710 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Meghan

- Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter (born 1993)
- Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
- Meghan McCain, American columnist, author, and television personality (born 1984)
- Meghan Klingenberg, American soccer player
- Meghan Musnicki, American rower
- Meghan Heffern, Canadian actress
- Meghan Duggan, American ice hockey player
- Meghan Beesley, English hurdler

## 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.