Maegan
Maegan is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Maegan Chant, Canadian artistic gymnast Maegan Cottone, British-American songwriter Maegan Houang, Vietnamese-American writer and director Maegan Krifchin, American long-distance runner Maegan Manasse, American tennis player Maegan Rosa, American-Canadian soccer player
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maegan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maegan is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Maegan Chant, Canadian artistic gymnast Maegan Cottone, British-American songwriter Maegan Houang, Vietnamese-American writer and director Maegan Krifchin, American long-distance runner Maegan Manasse, American tennis player Maegan Rosa, American-Canadian soccer player
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maegan
Maegan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 431 births, good for #546 nationwide. About 39% of every Maegan on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Maegan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maegan
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About the name Maegan
Maegan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Maegan's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #546. Use the chart and map above to compare Maegan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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