Meggen
Meggen is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Meaning & Origin of Meggen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Meggen is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
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Origin & history
The Story of Meggen
Meggen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 14 births, good for #4,652 nationwide. About 51% of every Meggen on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Meggen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 133 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Meggen
Meggen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 133 births in the dataset. Meggen's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #4,652. Use the chart and map above to compare Meggen'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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