Meaning and history
Megan is a Welsh diminutive of Margaret, usually used as an independent given name. Outside Wales in the English-speaking world, it has been in regular use only since the mid-20th century.
20062006: 4,946 births, rank #60
2007: 4,124 births, rank #78
2008: 3,416 births, rank #100
2009: 3,058 births, rank #105
2010: 2,406 births, rank #131
20112011: 1,915 births, rank #164
2012: 1,561 births, rank #199
2013: 1,246 births, rank #255
2014: 1,064 births, rank #305
2015: 855 births, rank #385
20162016: 751 births, rank #432
2017: 631 births, rank #496
2018: 565 births, rank #547
2019: 499 births, rank #608
2020: 453 births, rank #640
20212021: 490 births, rank #609
2022: 399 births, rank #730
2023: 417 births, rank #694
2024: 369 births, rank #762
20252025: 301 births, rank #887
Megan moved from #764 to #889 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1990, with 20,259 births.