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Megan

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~431,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#887 among girls
Births in 2025
301 441,169 since 1880
Typical age
34 years, median

Megan popularity over time

Megan rank by birth year, 1922–2025Megan ranked #4,011 in 1922 and #887 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #10, in 1985.#10#100#1,000#887best #10 in 198519401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1922–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1990 is the peak year for Megan, with 20,303 births. 1922 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 34 years put Megan in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #887, on 301 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 65%. Year on year the rank dropped by 125.

Babies named Megan per yearPeaks at 20,303 births in 1990.20,303 in 1990019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Megan?

Roughly 431,100 Megans are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 441,169 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Megan?

Half of living Megans are older than 34, half younger. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Megan a millennial-era name.

Your Megan

Ages of living people named MeganHalf of living Megans are older than 34 and half younger.median 34020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Megan is most common

The name is concentrated in Utah, at 2.1× the national rate. Florida, Indiana and Texas follow.

Where Megan is used more than average4 states use the name Megan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.4× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.1× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.3× the national rateTXFlorida: 1.9× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Megan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 110 2.1×
Florida 487 1.9×
Indiana 123 1.4×
Texas 621 1.3×

Megan in England and Wales

ONS recorded 44 births named Megan in 2025, ranking it #816. That is 78% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Megan comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Megan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Megan Fox American actress and model 1986 112
Megan Rapinoe American soccer player 1985 69
Megan Thee Stallion American rapper, singer and songwriter 1995 54
Megan Mullally American actress 1958 36
Megan Boone American actress 1983 34
Megan Follows Canadian actress and director 1968 32
Megan Young Filipino actress 1990 31
Megan Park Canadian actress 1986 25
Photo credits (8)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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