Morgan

#312 for girls in 2025, 977 births · #559 for boys in 2025, 532 births
Given to girls 83.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 10,342 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
223,626
since 1918

Morgan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #22, 1997peak #236, 1995girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#312977#559532
2024#2761,144#531561
2023#2471,249#550532
2022#2131,383#540550
2021#2051,447#610455
2020#1951,491#694367
2019#1761,651#728334
2018#1631,759#743320
2017#1531,929#680370
2016#1322,339#643410
2015#1212,689#671381
2014#1023,006#652404
2013#1003,116#659367
2012#823,403#582441
2011#753,672#538475
2010#634,077#519499
2009#574,611#460592
2008#465,333#416714
2007#435,665#404729
2006#356,495#365821
2005#336,749#334901
2004#317,295#3101,011
2003#297,928#361748
2002#298,433#372709
2001#298,735#349784
2000#259,502#332839
1999#249,607#317897
1998#2310,217#298951
1997#2210,342#2661,062
1996#2510,295#2431,216
1995#2310,877#2361,258
1994#2510,655#2721,023
1993#348,573#312862
1992#417,789#287989
1991#496,794#288906
1990#586,047#278936
1989#694,426#294828
1988#783,796#281829
1987#952,928#282770
1986#1132,477#304674
1985#1272,283#298682
1984#1322,175#290700
1983#1671,657#313624
1982#1691,716#313631
1981#1621,768#275766
1980#2431,061#292702
1979#458443#349503
1978#636258#391390
1977#727211#407370
1976#909144#448303
1975#1,043114#476282
1974#1,17695#478276
1973#1,18591#488255
1972#1,57858#453303
1971#1,33680#464311
1970#1,38975#449336
1969#1,49962#434332
1968#2,02435#469263
1967#1,78342#463270
1966#1,98234#508223
1965#1,68944#536207
1964#1,78143#521224
1963#2,70421#536219
1962#3,43814#498254
1961#2,03633#553203
1960#2,30726#499250
1959#3,25414#525225
1958#2,44922#557192
1957#3,93010#568185
1956#3,49312#533197
1955#2,83916#520197
1954#3,49011#540179
1953#4,5957#587150
1952#4,9086#541169
1951#3,10612#552153
1950#624121
1949#5,2445#618121
1948#611124
1947#514175
1946#3,03411#527147
1945#572112
1944#4,0546#537128
1943#570123
1942#582114
1941#594100
1940#507130
1939#560104
1938#541116
1937#4,2555#570102
1936#518119
1935#498131
1934#526123
1933#509122
1932#484140
1931#493135
1930#576108
1929#499138
1928#528131
1927#500147
1926#484154
1925#480160
1924#495155
1923#496154
1922#513144
1921#453184
1920#481160
1919#507138
1918#4,8095#458168
1917#424179
1916#447155
1915#472136
1914#429125
1913#420106
1912#44578
1911#38554
1910#39145
1909#42834
1908#41333
1907#51121
1906#44325
1905#38430
1904#51518
1903#38126
1902#42623
1901#48716
1900#40231
1899#32230
1898#36428
1897#34629
1896#38825
1895#36826
1894#30832
1893#38322
1892#41521
1891#39719
1890#36923
1889#36024
1888#40421
1887#40917
1886#30132
1885#33226
1884#30133
1883#40219
1882#36524
1881#34223
1880#28633
First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Morgan! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Morgan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#276#312)
  • 117 spots since 2020 (#195#312)
  • 191 spots since 2015 (#121#312)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1980 (#458#243)
  • Biggest drop: 36 spots in 2025 (#276#312)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1997 at #22 (10,342 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1987–2013
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 162
  • Highest: 1 in 162 girls born in 1995 were named Morgan (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,645 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #22 in 1997, was only 1 in 168 (0.59%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.8% of all girls named Morgan (91,196) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
  • Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s0
1930s5#4,255 (1937)#4,255
1940s22#3,034 (1946)#4,111
1950s110#2,449 (1958)#3,563
1960s354#1,499 (1969)#2,124
1970s1,569#458 (1979)#1,044
1980s24,287#69 (1989)#136
1990s91,196#22 (1997)#32
2000s70,746#25 (2000)#36
2010s27,641#63 (2010)#117
2020s7,691#195 (2020)#241

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Morgan in 1973

girls
#1,185
91 births · 1 in 16,024 girls
boys
#488
255 births · 1 in 6,112 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,185Morgan91

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #488Morgan255
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 16,024 of them was named Morgan, which outranked 87.9% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Morgan
  1. #1,175Marti92
  2. #1,175Petrina92
  3. #1,175Salina92
  4. #1,185Morgan91
  5. #1,185Antonette91
  6. #1,185Bree91
  7. #1,185Gabriella91
  8. #1,194Jacinda90
  9. #1,194Mae90
  10. #1,194Meagan90

Tied with 8 names at #1,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 6,112 of them was named Morgan, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Morgan
  1. #485Darrel261
  2. #486Donnell256
  3. #486Shon256
  4. #488Morgan255
  5. #489Blaine252
  6. #489Stefan252
  7. #491Erich251
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973