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How popular is the name Megan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Megans are alive today.
Megan (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 816th in 2025 with 44 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 6,444 babies were given the name, the 3rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 79,000 babies have been named Megan in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Megan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Meghan; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Megan include Meg.
Across all spellings of the name, the Megan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Megans born in England and Wales are between 22 and 33, and there are at least 100,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 27% chance that at least one of them will be called Megan.
How many babies are named Megan each year?
Includes all spellings: Megan, Meghan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Megan spelling rank?
Where does the Meghan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Megan most popular?
Megan peaked in 1999, when 6,612 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Megan?
At least 100,000 people named Megan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Megan?
Most living Megans are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 27.
Is Megan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.