Magan
Magan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 927th, in 1985.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1990181 births
- Best rank
- #927in 1985
- Since 1968
- 2,739people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,739 girls have been named Magan in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 181 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 181 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 45%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Magan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Magan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Magenpeak 1985
- Lakendrapeak 1987
- Meagenpeak 1985
- Ashliepeak 1988
- Ashleapeak 1987
- Cortneypeak 1990
- Porschepeak 1987
- Shantiapeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.