Meaning not yet researched.
Morgan: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 977 in 2025. Its best rank was #22 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #22 in 1997; #312 in 2025. About 65% of babies named Morgan in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#312 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #22.
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Morgan: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 977 girls in 2025. Peak: #22 in 1997 · most girls in one year: 10,877 (1995).
In 2025, 977 US girls were named Morgan, making it the 312th most common girls’ name of the year, down 35 places from #277 in 2024. That is 167 fewer than the 1,144 girls named Morgan in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #22, reached in 1997. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,877, in 1995. For comparison, it was #121 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 532 US boys were named Morgan, making it the 559th most common boys’ name of the year, down 28 places from #531 in 2024. That is 29 fewer than the 561 boys named Morgan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #236, reached in 1995. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,258. For comparison, it was #671 in 2015 and #624 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Morgan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 33 babies with the name. In all, 269,269 US babies have been given the name, 83% of them girls and 17% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 101,296 babies named Morgan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 15,369 US girls were named Morgan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,339. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,645 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Morgan ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #95 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Morgen (2,454 babies since 1880) and Morganne (1,158 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Morgyn, Morgann and Morgane are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Breton, English, French and Welsh. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Morgyn (910), Morgann (758), Morgane (208), Morgaine (175), Morgon (143), Morgin (127), Morgun (49), Morgynn (21), Morgayne (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Morgan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | #95 | #98 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #132 | #92 |
| Minnesota | 31 | #176 | #77 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #187 | #73 |
| Iowa | 16 | #216 | #135 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | #229 | #85 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | #231 | #111 |
| Oregon | 16 | #237 | #235 |
| Colorado | 27 | #241 | #128 |
| Missouri | 26 | #247 | #91 |
| Tennessee | 30 | #260 | #117 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #262 | #123 |
| Michigan | 34 | #270 | #64 |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | #275 | #83 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #284 | #238 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #293 | #49 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #300 | #96 |
| New York | 55 | #308 | #124 |
| Maryland | 17 | #323 | #56 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #325 | #57 |
| Utah | 14 | #326 | #142 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #337 | #94 |
| North Carolina | 33 | #340 | #94 |
| Ohio | 33 | #342 | #76 |
| Illinois | 30 | #351 | #110 |
| Texas | 97 | #359 | #205 |
| Arizona | 19 | #367 | #194 |
| Virginia | 22 | #371 | #98 |
| Florida | 49 | #380 | #154 |
| Washington | 19 | #386 | #227 |
| California | 86 | #387 | #261 |
| Nevada | 7 | #411 | #185 |
| Alabama | 12 | #422 | #68 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #436 | #144 |
| Indiana | 16 | #439 | #145 |
| Georgia | 26 | #446 | #63 |
| Kansas | 7 | #483 | #122 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #679 | #200 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 977 | #312 | 532 | #559 |
| 2024 | 1,144 | #277 | 561 | #531 |
| 2023 | 1,249 | #247 | 532 | #550 |
| 2022 | 1,383 | #215 | 550 | #540 |
| 2021 | 1,447 | #205 | 455 | #611 |
| 2020 | 1,491 | #195 | 367 | #695 |
| 2019 | 1,651 | #176 | 334 | #729 |
| 2018 | 1,759 | #163 | 320 | #743 |
| 2017 | 1,929 | #153 | 370 | #680 |
| 2016 | 2,339 | #132 | 410 | #643 |
| 2015 | 2,689 | #121 | 381 | #671 |
| 2014 | 3,006 | #102 | 404 | #652 |
| 2013 | 3,116 | #100 | 367 | #660 |
| 2012 | 3,403 | #82 | 441 | #583 |
| 2011 | 3,672 | #75 | 475 | #539 |
| 2010 | 4,077 | #63 | 499 | #519 |
| 2009 | 4,611 | #57 | 592 | #460 |
| 2008 | 5,333 | #46 | 714 | #416 |
| 2007 | 5,665 | #43 | 729 | #404 |
| 2006 | 6,495 | #35 | 821 | #365 |
| 2005 | 6,749 | #33 | 901 | #334 |
| 2004 | 7,295 | #31 | 1,011 | #310 |
| 2003 | 7,928 | #29 | 748 | #361 |
| 2002 | 8,433 | #29 | 709 | #372 |
| 2001 | 8,735 | #29 | 784 | #349 |
| 2000 | 9,502 | #25 | 839 | #332 |
| 1999 | 9,607 | #24 | 897 | #317 |
| 1998 | 10,217 | #23 | 951 | #298 |
| 1997 | 10,342 | #22 | 1,062 | #266 |
| 1996 | 10,295 | #25 | 1,216 | #244 |
| 1995 | 10,877 | #23 | 1,258 | #236 |
| 1994 | 10,655 | #25 | 1,023 | #272 |
| 1993 | 8,573 | #34 | 862 | #312 |
| 1992 | 7,789 | #41 | 989 | #287 |
| 1991 | 6,794 | #49 | 906 | #288 |
| 1990 | 6,047 | #58 | 936 | #278 |
| 1989 | 4,426 | #69 | 828 | #294 |
| 1988 | 3,796 | #78 | 829 | #281 |
| 1987 | 2,928 | #95 | 770 | #282 |
| 1986 | 2,477 | #113 | 674 | #304 |
| 1985 | 2,283 | #127 | 682 | #298 |
| 1984 | 2,175 | #132 | 700 | #290 |
| 1983 | 1,657 | #167 | 624 | #313 |
| 1982 | 1,716 | #169 | 631 | #313 |
| 1981 | 1,768 | #162 | 766 | #275 |
| 1980 | 1,061 | #244 | 702 | #292 |
| 1979 | 443 | #459 | 503 | #350 |
| 1978 | 258 | #636 | 390 | #391 |
| 1977 | 211 | #732 | 370 | #408 |
| 1976 | 144 | #913 | 303 | #448 |
| 1975 | 114 | #1,045 | 282 | #476 |
| 1974 | 95 | #1,182 | 276 | #480 |
| 1973 | 91 | #1,190 | 255 | #488 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,584 | 303 | #453 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,343 | 311 | #464 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,401 | 336 | #449 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,513 | 332 | #435 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,043 | 263 | #469 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,806 | 270 | #463 |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,011 | 223 | #508 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,709 | 207 | #536 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,794 | 224 | #521 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,755 | 219 | #536 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,548 | 254 | #499 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,060 | 203 | #554 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,354 | 250 | #500 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,377 | 225 | #525 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,492 | 192 | #558 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,112 | 185 | #568 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,637 | 197 | #535 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,924 | 197 | #520 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,641 | 179 | #543 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,892 | 150 | #588 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,360 | 169 | #542 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,234 | 153 | #553 |
| 1950 | — | — | 121 | #624 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,793 | 121 | #620 |
| 1948 | — | — | 124 | #611 |
| 1947 | — | — | 175 | #514 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,162 | 147 | #528 |
| 1945 | — | — | 112 | #574 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,399 | 128 | #537 |
| 1943 | — | — | 123 | #571 |
| 1942 | — | — | 114 | #583 |
| 1941 | — | — | 100 | #595 |
| 1940 | — | — | 130 | #507 |
| 1939 | — | — | 104 | #562 |
| 1938 | — | — | 116 | #541 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,727 | 102 | #572 |
| 1936 | — | — | 119 | #521 |
| 1935 | — | — | 131 | #498 |
| 1934 | — | — | 123 | #529 |
| 1933 | — | — | 122 | #509 |
| 1932 | — | — | 140 | #485 |
| 1931 | — | — | 135 | #495 |
| 1930 | — | — | 108 | #577 |
| 1929 | — | — | 138 | #502 |
| 1928 | — | — | 131 | #528 |
| 1927 | — | — | 147 | #501 |
| 1926 | — | — | 154 | #486 |
| 1925 | — | — | 160 | #480 |
| 1924 | — | — | 155 | #497 |
| 1923 | — | — | 154 | #496 |
| 1922 | — | — | 144 | #514 |
| 1921 | — | — | 184 | #455 |
| 1920 | — | — | 160 | #481 |
| 1919 | — | — | 138 | #507 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,357 | 168 | #459 |
| 1917 | — | — | 179 | #424 |
| 1916 | — | — | 155 | #450 |
| 1915 | — | — | 136 | #474 |
| 1914 | — | — | 125 | #430 |
| 1913 | — | — | 106 | #421 |
| 1912 | — | — | 78 | #445 |
| 1911 | — | — | 54 | #387 |
| 1910 | — | — | 45 | #391 |
| 1909 | — | — | 34 | #431 |
| 1908 | — | — | 33 | #420 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #532 |
| 1906 | — | — | 25 | #452 |
| 1905 | — | — | 30 | #387 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #530 |
| 1903 | — | — | 26 | #390 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #433 |
| 1901 | — | — | 16 | #500 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #410 |
| 1899 | — | — | 30 | #329 |
| 1898 | — | — | 28 | #372 |
| 1897 | — | — | 29 | #349 |
| 1896 | — | — | 25 | #394 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #378 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #314 |
| 1893 | — | — | 22 | #388 |
| 1892 | — | — | 21 | #418 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #405 |
| 1890 | — | — | 23 | #375 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #365 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #411 |
| 1887 | — | — | 17 | #418 |
| 1886 | — | — | 32 | #306 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #338 |
| 1884 | — | — | 33 | #304 |
| 1883 | — | — | 19 | #409 |
| 1882 | — | — | 24 | #369 |
| 1881 | — | — | 23 | #346 |
| 1880 | — | — | 33 | #288 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).