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Meagan

100% girls · last recorded 2024

Meagan has been given to about 41,619 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1990, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 40,736
Median age today36 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Meagan per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1990 · 2,537
  • Born in 20250
  • All time41,619

How popular is Meagan?

Its best year was 1990, when 2,537 babies were given the name, ranking 126th. The typical living American called Meagan is about 36 years old today.

Names that sound like Meagan

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Reagan0.88
  2. Teagan0.88
  3. Keagan0.88
  4. Megan0.82
  5. Meaghan0.79
  6. Meghan0.70
  7. Regan0.70
  8. Tegan0.70

Middle names for Meagan

Ranked by flow score
  1. Meagan Eve0.80
  2. Meagan Elizabeth0.78
  3. Meagan Josephine0.78
  4. Meagan Anne0.78
  5. Meagan Rose0.77
  6. Meagan Louise0.77

Sibling names for Meagan

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.95
  2. Bethanysister · 0.91
  3. Sashasister · 0.90
  4. Dariusbrother · 0.88
  5. Caseyeither · 0.88
  6. Dustinbrother · 0.87

Where Meagan is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Meagan Anderson0.74
    2. Meagan White0.72
    3. Meagan Reyes0.72
    4. Meagan Lee0.72
    5. Meagan Hill0.72
    6. Meagan Green0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Meagan

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.