Feminine dossier · first seen 1922

Megan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Megan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

20,259

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1922Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

369

All-time

439,765

Megan once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 20,259 girls were named Megan.

In 2024, only 369 girls were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 439,765 Americans have been named Megan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1922.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

199020,259 girls named Megan

2024369 girls named Megan

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