Meghan

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek ฮผฮฑฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฯ„ฮทฯ‚, Latin margarฤซta, "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in Wales and England, and is commonly truncated to Meg.

From Wikipedia

Meghan first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 496 babies (rank #75 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11 girls (rank #2,057). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Meghan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Meghan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,051
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
496
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991441#79
1992496#75
1993400#91
1994349#96
1995418#81
1996323#109
1997331#92
1998335#89
1999321#90
2000317#89
2001264#108
2002268#101
2003230#122
2004222#126
2005149#190
2006165#190
2007143#217
2008123#268
2009117#293
201094#343
201155#539
201244#659
201355#550
201433#834
201540#709
201630#889
201738#750
201872#446
201956#554
202043#661
202125#1,060
202226#997
202317#1,389
202411#2,057