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Meaghan

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Meaghan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 325th, in 1986.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1986744 births
Best rank
#325in 1986
Since 1955
14,036people given the name
Babies named Meaghan, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

14,036 girls have been named Meaghan in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 744 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 744 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 39%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Meaghan
1950s14
1960s143
1970s1,103
1980s5,342
1990s5,425
2000s1,756
2010s240
2020s13

In 1986, its biggest year

Meaghan was the 325th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Meaghan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.