The name Megan is of Welsh origin, and is a dimunitive form of Margaret.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Megan has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Megan
Use of the Name Megan for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
403,971
403,544
358,980
115,254
45,291
14,392
6,621
The table below indicates the number of times the name Megan has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Megan first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1952, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Megan
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1952
847
118
1953
730
156
1954
752
153
1955
664
199
1956
686
196
1957
608
260
1958
565
301
1959
514
359
1960
507
365
1961
485
402
1962
491
390
1963
469
430
1964
433
511
1965
370
610
1966
353
657
1967
327
711
1968
309
813
1969
276
1,034
1970
246
1,263
1971
199
1,494
1972
181
1,591
1973
141
2,017
1974
105
2,815
1975
69
4,192
1976
62
4,460
1977
54
5,318
1978
41
5,889
1979
31
8,287
1980
30
9,126
1981
33
8,954
1982
34
9,511
1983
21
14,105
1984
11
16,971
1985
10
20,003
1986
11
18,584
1987
12
17,816
1988
12
18,537
1989
11
19,798
1990
11
20,253
1991
11
19,275
1992
10
17,847
1993
11
16,372
1994
10
16,574
1995
13
15,512
1996
12
14,760
1997
11
14,232
1998
13
13,248
1999
15
12,211
2000
18
11,425
2001
20
10,286
2002
22
9,188
2003
30
7,771
2004
36
6,621
Totals:
403,971
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Megan as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Megan appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 53 times during the last 125 years.