Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meagan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41,619
- 72 boys · 41,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 2,537 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −72%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,531 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 36,925 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Meagan
- Meagan GoodAmerican actress and producerborn 1981
- Meagan DuhamelCanadian pair skaterborn 1985
- Meagan TandyAmerican actress and modelborn 1985
- Meagan Holderactressborn 1984
- Meagan ChaukeSouth African activist (born 1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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