Feminine dossier · first seen 1952

Meghan

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

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1985

Peak rank proxy

4,670

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1952Peak 19852024

Peak year

1985

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

152

All-time

96,398

Meghan 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 1985, when 4,670 girls were named Meghan.

In 2024, only 152 girls were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 96,398 Americans have been named Meghan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1952.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

19854,670 girls named Meghan

2024152 girls named Meghan

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