Meagen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
Meagen is a girls' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meagen mean?
Welsh: spelling of Meagan
A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
Meaning borrowed from Meagan. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meagen a girl's or a boy's name?
Meagen is a girls' name.
How popular is Meagen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Meagen in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meagen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,777 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,625 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 92 | #1,394 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,550 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Meagen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Rhiannon Keegan Cassidy Devyn Brecken Regan Kaitlyn Codi Keely Teagan Keren
Names related to Meagen
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meagen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meagen, updated 20 October 2026.