Meg

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meg first appears in the U.S. 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.
5,321
Total babies (all years)
81
Years in the data
196
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19415#4,846
19429#3,349
194411#2,892
194512#2,696
19468#3,878
194715#2,726
194816#2,568
194921#2,191
195026#1,894
195140#1,496
195247#1,426
195353#1,341
195456#1,338
195575#1,154
1956110#964
1957129#900
1958125#923
1959196#715
1960179#764
1961154#861
1962184#766
1963179#774
1964161#827
1965120#930
1966106#995
196781#1,186
196883#1,193
196996#1,137
197087#1,268
197180#1,342
197292#1,177
197361#1,535
197485#1,275
197563#1,582
197644#2,018
197741#2,240
197836#2,455
197969#1,637
198052#2,035
198149#2,103
198234#2,742
198333#2,707
198433#2,765
198537#2,633
198616#4,883
198732#3,007
198852#2,205
198951#2,327
199079#1,821
199155#2,339
199279#1,823
199361#2,188
199482#1,779
1995107#1,489
1996102#1,561
199790#1,728
199892#1,729
199999#1,674
2000109#1,627
2001111#1,644
2002109#1,691
2003129#1,516
200488#2,083
2005100#1,931
200665#2,748
200764#2,845
200853#3,198
200950#3,338
201052#3,189
201130#4,774
201227#5,199
201324#5,602
201414#8,352
201520#6,385
201619#6,591
20177#13,621
201818#6,701
201910#10,228
202011#9,336
202115#7,515
20226#14,712