first name
MEG
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,331 people named Meg, 87.7% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.5% as two or more races. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Meg peaked in 1959, when 196 babies got the name.
At least 5,321 babies have been given the name since 1941. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Meg by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,544. The largest share of babies named Meg, 33.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Meg is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Meg has been most common in Utah (6.2×), New York (2.3×), and Pennsylvania (2.1×), and least common in Texas (0.49×).
2,336 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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2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Meg, most common first.
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