MEGAN is ranked as the 367th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 177,494.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 55.67 people named MEGAN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MEGAN is 427,047.
The SSA data also shows that MEGAN is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MEGAN is
82.0% White,
3.7% Hispanic origin,
10.8% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MEGAN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MEGAN is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Welsh feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MEGAN
The state with the most people named
MEGAN is
California where
19,586 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MEGAN, as
144.74 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MEGAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,558
43.15
99.2%
Indiana
3,346
50.73
98.8%
Iowa
3,532
113.67
99.2%
Kansas
1,582
54.49
97.7%
Michigan
6,961
70.25
99.6%
Minnesota
4,964
90.96
99.4%
Missouri
585
19.54
96.5%
Nebraska
736
39.11
96.3%
North Dakota
137
18.49
87.3%
Ohio
6,567
56.64
99.2%
South Dakota
274
32.13
91.3%
Wisconsin
4,701
81.65
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name MEGAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
271
36.75
91.1%
Arizona
2,318
34.44
98.2%
California
19,586
50.48
99.7%
Colorado
2,485
46.4
98.5%
Hawaii
506
35.63
97.4%
Idaho
671
41.08
96.0%
Montana
353
34.49
93.2%
Nevada
880
31.01
97.1%
New Mexico
522
25.03
94.7%
Oregon
1,995
50.24
98.3%
Utah
1,772
60.22
98.0%
Washington
6,220
88.08
99.5%
Wyoming
196
33.52
90.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MEGAN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MEGAN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MEGAN.
The most popular full name is MEGAN Smith.
0.86% of all the people named MEGAN
have this family name.
There are 17397 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MEGAN