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Maegan

Pronounced M EY1 G AE1 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1991
  • 54 years in use
  • 4 spellings
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How popular is Maegan?

Maegan is a girls' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 10,066 children — the 1,410th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 158 births across the past decade, against a peak of 464 in a single year. That peak was in 1991.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Maygan, Meigan, Meygan and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Maegan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Maygan
  • Meigan
  • Meygan
  • Maegann

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
M EY1 G AE1 N
Stress pattern:
11
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Maegan

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Maegan

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Maegan?
Maegan ranks 1,410th among girls' names in US records, with 10,066 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 158.
Is Maegan a unisex name?
No. Maegan is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Maegan most popular?
1991, when 464 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Maegan spelled?
Maygan, Meigan, Meygan, Maegann. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.