Megan
78
Babies in 2024
-91%
10-year change
1999
Peak · 6.44k
+3%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Megan
Megan peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (6,444 babies in 1999) and has remained in active use — 78 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Megan reached its peak in 1999, when 6,444 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #3 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 78 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 70,884 girls have been officially registered with the name Megan in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 4,123 girls were registered with the name, starting from 879 in 2014 and ending at 78 in 2024.