The name Meghan is of Welsh origin, and is a variation of Megan.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Meghan 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 Meghan
Use of the Name Meghan for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
87,220
87,220
77,268
23,488
9,616
3,227
1,537
The table below indicates the number of times the name Meghan has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Meghan first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1966, 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 Meghan
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1966
990
107
1967
938
119
1968
856
144
1969
656
233
1970
514
382
1971
529
347
1972
436
441
1973
399
503
1974
354
609
1975
292
818
1976
270
865
1977
216
1,140
1978
164
1,676
1979
121
2,568
1980
114
2,686
1981
116
2,613
1982
110
2,731
1983
75
3,883
1984
65
4,500
1985
63
4,661
1986
71
3,864
1987
78
3,770
1988
81
3,604
1989
80
3,858
1990
91
3,690
1991
94
3,700
1992
91
3,594
1993
93
3,399
1994
100
3,227
1995
112
2,961
1996
113
2,772
1997
113
2,869
1998
121
2,694
1999
127
2,576
2000
134
2,512
2001
159
2,021
2002
174
1,856
2003
192
1,690
2004
217
1,537
Totals:
87,220
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Meghan 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 Meghan appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 39 times during the last 125 years.