first name
MEAGAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,925 people named Meagan, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Meagan peaked in 1990, when 2,537 babies got the name.
At least 41,619 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Meagan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #339. The largest share of babies named Meagan, 70.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Meagan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Meagan has been most common in New Hampshire (2.6×), Maine (2×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in North Dakota (0.23×).
39,734 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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