Meggan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meggan: Recorded since 1992, its highest recorded position is #523, and it was last ranked in 2009.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#523highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#1557
2000	#1688
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2009	#5556

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 England and Wales in 10 of the 14 years from 1996 to 2009.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1992–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009.
England and Wales · Girls

Meggan 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 2 regions, from 1992 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Meggan'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
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1992 and 2009, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #523, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 4 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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,556position in 2009, its most recent recorded year
4 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

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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Megan · #3, 68y
Meghan · #119, 41y
Meghann · #488, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Berenice · #523, 15y
Casandra · #523, 11y
Winnifred · #523, 11y
Adrians · #520, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Casandra · #523, 11y
Devina · #523, 27y
Jessika · #523, 27y
Winnifred · #523, 11y

Meggan was ranked #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1992. 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.

Meggan 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 Meggan without appearing here.

Meggan moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #4798.

Moved ahead of Meggan

Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1688 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #1442.
Luca Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1688 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #1658.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1688 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Shea Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1688 and #2746 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.

Moved the opposite way to Meggan

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 while Ada went from #2683 to #547.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 while Alma went from #2096 to #1105.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 while Alyssa went from #783 to #168.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 while Amalie went from #2096 to #806.

Moved the same way as Meggan

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 and Abigail from #21 to #36.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 and Aisling from #440 to #1287.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 and Alex from #161 to #495.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Meggan went from #2350 to #5556 and Alexandra from #38 to #87.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 1992 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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