Meagan

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Meagan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Meagan: Recorded since 1985, it reached #295 in 1996, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#295highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1234
1998	#1211
1999	#1970
2000	#1688
2001	#1025
2002	#1442
2003	#1996
2004	#2112
2005	#2438
2006	#2320
2007	#2233
2008	#2292
2009	#2759
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 25 years from 1985 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2759 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1985–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #519 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1985–2009
Highest recorded position: #295 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1996 (recorded 1985–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Meagan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 23 ranked years and 200 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1985.

Meagan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Meagan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#519 (1985)	#295 (1996)	#893 (2009)	20 of 25	107 (1985–2009)	10 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#1025 (2001)	#5666 (2018)	23 of 23	200 (1996–2018)	20 (2001)

Meagan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Meagan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	54	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	106	10 of 10	11
2010s	40	9 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Meagan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1985 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #295 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Meagan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1985 and 2018, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #295, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Meadow · #159, 28y
Meaghan · #227, 25y
Meah · #330, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lailah · #296, 28y
Mikail · #296, 29y
Poppie · #296, 29y
Eryn · #297, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ciana · #295, 34y
Con · #296, 23y
Robel · #293, 34y
Shamus · #292, 19y

Meagan was ranked #295 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Meagan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Meagan without appearing here.

Meagan moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1970 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #2167.
Jordan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #559 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #624 and #842.
Dianne Compare
In 1990 they stood at #445 and #445 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #319 and #515.
Tania Compare
In 1993 they stood at #417 and #391 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #309 and #450.

Moved ahead of Meagan

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2759 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Meagan

Aimee Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 while Aimee went from #154 to #49.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 while Alexandra went from #306 to #78.
Alice Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 while Alice went from #132 to #76.
Amy Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 while Amy went from #20 to #11.

Moved the same way as Meagan

Audrey Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 and Audrey from #115 to #488.
Barbara Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 and Barbara from #123 to #439.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 and Deirdre from #23 to #488.
Evelyn Compare
Between 1985 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meagan went from #519 to #893 and Evelyn from #118 to #190.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1985 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #295 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Meagan

Meagan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meagan across 2 official records

Meagan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meagan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Meagan at a glance

Meagan across 2 official records

Meagan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Meagan

Meagan and the names beside it

Meagan moved ahead of

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