girls:
221.5k births since 1918
#181 (97th percentile)
boys:
44.5k births since 1880
#533 (88th percentile)
overall:
266k births since 1880
#296 (96th percentile)
The name Morgan is the #296 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 266,035 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 96.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #181 (96.8% percentile) for all time with 221,494 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #533 (88.4% percentile) for all time with 44,541 births since 1880.
Morgan has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1918 for girls).
The name Morgan has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.3% of babies named Morgan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1981, the name was more popular for boys (81.9% boys from 1880 to 1980), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.8% girls from 1981 to 2023).
For girls, Morgan reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 97.6% percentile (ranked #22) with 5,417 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 5,661 births per million (ranked 97.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Morgan ranks #235 for girls (75.3% percentile) with 712 births per million, which is 12.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Morgan reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 71.2% percentile (ranked #231) with 625 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 625 births per million (ranked 71.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Morgan ranks #482 for boys (47.1% percentile) with 288 births per million, which is 46.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Morgan".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Morgan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Morgan is pronounced as MOR-guhn, which has 2 syllables.
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