# Meghann (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meghann/  
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 | 3,788 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,788 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 37 | 3,332 |
| 1999 | 47 | 2,885 |
| 2000 | 39 | 3,441 |
| 2001 | 28 | 4,404 |
| 2002 | 36 | 3,700 |
| 2003 | 13 | 8,327 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,564 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,905 |
| 2006 | 15 | 8,110 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,370 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,864 |
| 2009 | 13 | 9,223 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,898 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,609 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,504 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15 | 1,222 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2,438 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

## People named Meghann

- Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
- Meghann Fahy, American actress

## 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.