Feminine dossier · first seen 1941

Meg

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1959

Peak era

1959

Peak births

196

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Boomer

1941Peak 19592025

Quick answers about Meg

An estimated 4,846 living Americans are named Meg.

Meg fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Meg is approximately 48 years, with most bearers falling between 27 and 63 years old.

Not especially. Meg has been declining since its 1959 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

5,321

Meg last appeared in SSA records in 2022. Across its recorded history, about 5,321 American girls received the name.

Meg peaked in 1959, when 196 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 5,321 Americans named Meg since 1941.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1959

Living profile

4,846

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age48

Core range27–63

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.