Morgan Boy & girl
How popular is Morgan?
#312 girl name in 2025
977 baby girls were named Morgan in the US in 2025, making it the 312th most popular girl name. Another 532 boys got the name (#559 for boys).
Morgan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #312 for girls (▼ 36 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 977 girls, 532 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #121 in 2015, #195 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (10,877 girls) |
| Highest rank | #22 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 22% boys, 78% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Morgan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Morgan family of names ranked #330 for girls in 2025 (#296 the year before), with 988 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | 977 | 99% |
| Morgen | 6 | 1% |
| Morgann | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Morgan is most popular
Babies named Morgan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 2.3 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.8 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.6 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Michigan: 1.5 per 1,000 (278 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.4 per 1,000 (175 girls)
Morgan by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1940s | 22 | #3,033 |
| 1950s | 110 | #2,448 |
| 1960s | 354 | #1,499 |
| 1970s | 1,569 | #458 |
| 1980s | 24,287 | #69 |
| 1990s | 91,196 | #22 |
| 2000s | 70,746 | #25 |
| 2010s | 27,641 | #63 |
| 2020s | 7,691 | #195 |
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Questions
- Is Morgan a boy or girl name?
- Morgan is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 22% of babies named Morgan were boys and 78% were girls.
- How popular is the name Morgan?
- 977 baby girls were named Morgan in the US in 2025, making it the 312th most popular girl name. Another 532 boys got the name (#559 for boys).
- When was Morgan most popular?
- Morgan peaked in 1995, when 10,877 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #22 in 1997.
- How many people are named Morgan?
- 269,269 babies have been named Morgan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 258,945 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Morgan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Morgan was most common in New Hampshire, at 2.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.