Megan

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 μαργαρίτης, Latin margarīta, "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

Megan first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 22 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 6,444 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Megan

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

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

69,580

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

6,444

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Mad Men: Megan Calvet — Don's second wife

Famous people named Megan

Megan Foxfilm actor · b. 1986
Megan Rapinoeassociation football player · b. 1985
Megan Thee Stallionrapper · b. 1995
Megan Mullallyfilm actor · b. 1958
Megan Boonefilm actor · b. 1983

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	4,948	#10
1997	5,724	#5
1998	6,247	#3
1999	6,444	#3
2000	5,868	#3
2001	5,580	#3
2002	4,576	#6
2003	4,077	#6
2004	3,508	#10
2005	3,109	#13
2006	2,827	#17
2007	2,524	#17
2008	2,515	#15
2009	2,250	#20
2010	2,223	#23
2011	1,799	#29
2012	1,388	#41
2013	1,154	#49
2014	879	#65
2015	739	#76
2016	658	#83
2017	543	#100