Baby name

Meg

Girl

Classic name

1959 was its best year: 196 births, or 1 baby in 21,212. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 81 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

5,321births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 714rank at its peak, in 1959

Where babies named Meg are born

1959

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The darker the blue, the more common Meg is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Meg is most common in Pennsylvania (2.3 times), New York (2.3) and Illinois (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Mei 1,859
Mea 1,690

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