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How popular is the name Meghan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Meghans are alive today.
Meghan (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Megan in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 173 babies were given the name, the 237th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak.
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 Meghan each year?
Includes all spellings: Meghan, Megan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Meghan spelling rank?
Where does the Megan 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 Meghan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Megan, peaked in 1999, when 6,612 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Meghan spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 173 babies.
How many people are called Meghan?
At least 100,000 people named Meghan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Meghan?
Most living Meghans are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 27.
Is Meghan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.