NameTides

Meg

Meg peaked in the US in 1959 at #714, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Meg as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Meg as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Meg as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2022#13,592 (6)—————
2021#7,250 (15)#3,961 (5)————
2020#8,953 (11)#3,447 (6)————
2019#9,736 (10)#4,686 (4)——#871 (3)—
2018#6,521 (18)#5,666 (3)————
2017#12,713 (7)#3,229 (7)————
2016#6,401 (19)#2,966 (8)————
2015#6,236 (20)#3,252 (7)————
2014#8,053 (14)#4,003 (5)#802 (3)—#752 (4)#3,316 (5)
2013#5,486 (24)#2,887 (8)#663 (4)—#747 (4)—
2012#5,114 (27)#2,215 (12)————
2011#4,681 (30)#2,025 (13)————
2010#3,159 (52)#1,815 (15)————
2009#3,298 (50)#1,909 (13)——#641 (5)#2,599 (7)
2008#3,158 (53)#1,391 (20)#650 (4)—#469 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1959 at #714.
  • First recorded in the US in 1941.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MegCanadaGirls—too few
MegEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MegIrelandGirls—too few
MegNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MegScotlandGirls—too few
MegUSGirls—too few