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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Meg

Meg was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 715th with 196 babies. More babies were named Meg in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1959196 babies
Total since 1880
5,321babies recorded

Meg popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#9,33911
2010#3,18952
2000#1,627109
1990#1,82179
1980#2,03552
1970#1,26887
1960#764179
1950#1,89426
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Meg, counting every spelling?

Meg has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Meg?

About 4,900 people born in the US named Meg are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 27 and 63. That makes Meg mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Meg by state

How common Meg was among girls born in each state in 1957–1961, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (2.2×), Pennsylvania (1.6×), New York (1.6×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWI0.06Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesWA0.08Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMN0.04Illinois: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNY0.12Massachusetts: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMA0.06Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIA0.04Indiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIN0.05Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesPA0.12New Jersey: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.17Connecticut: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCT0.05Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCA0.08Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMD0.05Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Meg, girls, 1957–1961. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Meg: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meg, they share its era and feel.

Meg is also a nickname for Margaret, Megan, Meghan and Meagan.

Questions about the name Meg

How popular is the name Meg?

Meg was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 715th with 196 babies. More babies were named Meg in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Meg a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meg in the US.

Where was Meg most popular?

In 1957–1961, Meg was most common in New Jersey (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and New York.