Magan
Girl · MAY-gun · Greek
Magan is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Magan mean?
Greek: spelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
A spelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, pearl.
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Is Magan a girl's or a boy's name?
Magan is a girls' name.
How popular is Magan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 181 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Magan in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,367 |
| 1997 | 63 | #2,171 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 93 | #1,602 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,658 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 138 | #1,252 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 1990 | 181 | #999 |
| 1989 | 179 | #969 |
| 1988 | 173 | #960 |
| 1987 | 156 | #1,002 |
| 1986 | 168 | #944 |
| 1985 | 171 | #925 |
| 1984 | 122 | #1,126 |
| 1983 | 89 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,900 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
Names like Magan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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