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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 173 babies (rank #238 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,803
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
173
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
1996141#268
1997127#286
1998173#238
1999168#241
2000162#246
2001137#279
2002111#327
200386#419
200484#429
200582#453
200658#588
200756#630
200867#571
200953#697
201046#798
201153#733
201248#807
201330#1,168
201433#1,087
201546#827
201642#890