Female name
Megan
70,928 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1999. Expression number: 22.
Origin
Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.From Wiktionary, entry “Megan”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1999: 6,444 births. 70,928 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 3rd among girls' names in 1998. It is still given: 468 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1990: 20,303 births. 441,169 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 10th among girls' names in 1985. It really came into use around 1943. It is still given: 1,976 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1997: 482 births. 7,630 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 8th among girls' names in 1998. It really came into use around 1986. It is still given: 96 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec | 5,459 | 1980–2025 | 10th in 2002 |
| France | 1,855 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 1,686 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 515* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 41 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
4 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 5 = 22
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
5 + 1 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
4 + 7 + 5 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.