How common is the name Megan?

409,941 people in the United States have the first name Megan, about 1 in 737. It ranks #114 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MEGAN

#114

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
409,941
About
1 in 737
This common or more
32.3%
Who bears it

Of the 409,941 people named Megan, 87.3% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Megan peaked in 1990, when 20,303 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
20,303
In 2025*
301 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 441,169 babies have been given the name since 1922. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Megan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #36. The largest share of babies named Megan, 60.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#8,29739
1930s#6,72047
1940s#3,476191
1950s#1,2031,887
1960s#7035,921
1970s#16437,491
1980s#42154,070
1990s#36160,642
2000s#10166,953
2010s#58611,499
2020s#1,3662,429
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.4%
Millennials 1981–9660.2%
Generation Z 1997–1225.5%
2013 and later1.8%

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 Megan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Megan has been most common in Utah (1.9×), Alaska (1.9×), and Delaware (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.46×).

438,539 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.

Either side of Megan

#112 Jack · 415,678#113 Catherine · 410,557#115 Frank · 407,086#116 Ethan · 403,009

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Megan, most common first.

#593 Meghan · 89,553#1,118 Meagan · 36,925#6,043 Meggan · 2,713#13,266 Meegan · 915#15,099 Megann · 768#15,506 Megen · 741#18,788 Mehgan · 570#20,433 Megyn · 506

Also a last name

As a last name, Megan ranks #49,237 of 156,621, with 462 people. See Megan as a last name

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