Meg

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meg first appears in the data in 1941 and has been recorded in 81 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 196 babies (rank #715 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Meg

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

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,321

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

196

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Little Women: Margaret 'Meg' March — the eldest

Famous people named Meg

Meg Whitmanbusiness executive · b. 1956
Meg Tillywriter · b. 1960
Meg Cabotnovelist · b. 1967
Meg Whitedrummer · b. 1974
Meg Fosterfilm actor · b. 1948

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1941	5	#4,846
1942	9	#3,349
1944	11	#2,892
1945	12	#2,696
1946	8	#3,878
1947	15	#2,726
1948	16	#2,568
1949	21	#2,191
1950	26	#1,894
1951	40	#1,496
1952	47	#1,426
1953	53	#1,341
1954	56	#1,338
1955	75	#1,154
1956	110	#964
1957	129	#900
1958	125	#923
1959	196	#715
1960	179	#764
1961	154	#861
1962	184	#766
1963	179	#774
1964	161	#827
1965	120	#930
1966	106	#995
1967	81	#1,186
1968	83	#1,193
1969	96	#1,137
1970	87	#1,268
1971	80	#1,342
1972	92	#1,177
1973	61	#1,535
1974	85	#1,275
1975	63	#1,582
1976	44	#2,018
1977	41	#2,240
1978	36	#2,455
1979	69	#1,637
1980	52	#2,035
1981	49	#2,103
1982	34	#2,742
1983	33	#2,707
1984	33	#2,765
1985	37	#2,633
1986	16	#4,883
1987	32	#3,007
1988	52	#2,205
1989	51	#2,327
1990	79	#1,821
1991	55	#2,339
1992	79	#1,823
1993	61	#2,188
1994	82	#1,779
1995	107	#1,489
1996	102	#1,561
1997	90	#1,728
1998	92	#1,729
1999	99	#1,674
2000	109	#1,627
2001	111	#1,644
2002	109	#1,691
2003	129	#1,516
2004	88	#2,083
2005	100	#1,931
2006	65	#2,748
2007	64	#2,845
2008	53	#3,198
2009	50	#3,338
2010	52	#3,189
2011	30	#4,774
2012	27	#5,199
2013	24	#5,602
2014	14	#8,352
2015	20	#6,385
2016	19	#6,591
2017	7	#13,621
2018	18	#6,701
2019	10	#10,228
2020	11	#9,336
2021	15	#7,515
2022	6	#14,712