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Morgan

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~259,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#312 among girls
Births in 2025
1,509 269,269 since 1880
Typical age
26 years, median

Morgan popularity over time

Morgan rank by birth year, 1918–2025Morgan ranked #4,809 in 1918 and #312 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #22, in 1997.#100#1,000#312best #22 in 1997192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1918–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Morgan was used most in 1995, when 12,135 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Morgan has spent 27 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #312, on 1,509 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 51%. It slipped 36 places against the previous year.

Babies named Morgan per yearPeaks at 12,135 births in 1995.12,135 in 1995018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Morgan?

An estimated 259,100 living Americans are called Morgan. SSA has recorded 269,269 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 220,600 women and 38,500 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Morgan?

Half of living Morgans are older than 26, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Morgan a millennial-era name.

Your Morgan

Ages of living people named MorganHalf of living Morgans are older than 26 and half younger.median 26020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Morgan is most common

Relative to births, New Hampshire carries 2.1× the national share of Morgans. Mississippi, Montana and District of Columbia follow.

Where Morgan is used more than average5 states use the name Morgan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.1× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 2.0× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 1.9× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.9× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.0× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Morgan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Hampshire 97 2.1×
Mississippi 253 2.0×
Montana 71 2.0×
District of Columbia 69 1.9×
Michigan 892 1.9×

Is Morgan a boy's or a girl's name?

83% girls17% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to girls: 22.4% of the last ten years of births were boys. Across the whole record, 83.0% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Morgan in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Morgan ranked #331 in 2025 on 193 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Morgan comes from

From Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Morgan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Morgan Freeman American actor and producer 1937 127
Morgan Tsvangirai former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 1952–2018 63
Morgan De Sanctis Italian association football player 1977 49
Morgan Schneiderlin French footballer 1989 46
Morgan Rogers English association football player 2002 42
Morgan Fairchild American actress 1950 37
Morgan Gibbs-White English association football player 2000 33
Morgan Spurlock American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer 1970–2024 29
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 946 in 1979 to 1,763 in 1980 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Morgan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Morgan was in 2025.

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