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Meagan

Pronounced M IY1 G AE1 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1990
  • 71 years in use
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How popular is Meagan?

Meagan is a girls' name, and first appears in 1954. It has been given to 41,629 children — the 608th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 308 births across the past decade, against a peak of 2,531 in a single year. That peak was in 1990.

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1990Girls: 2,531Boys: 6

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
M IY1 G AE1 N
Stress pattern:
11
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Meagan

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

Sibling names for Meagan

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Meagan?
Meagan ranks 608th among girls' names in US records, with 41,629 births since 1954. Over the past decade it accounts for 308.
Is Meagan a unisex name?
No. Meagan is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Meagan most popular?
1990, when 2,531 children were given the name. It has been in use for 71 years and is still recorded as of 2024.