first name
MORGAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 235,724 people named Morgan, 81.1% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. 85.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Morgan peaked in 1995, when 12,135 babies got the name.
At least 269,269 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Morgan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #66. The largest share of babies named Morgan, 46.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Morgan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Morgan has been most common in Utah (1.8×), Delaware (1.7×), and Alaska (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.45×).
262,010 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Morgan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Morgan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Morgan ranks #69 of 156,621, with 276,366 people. See Morgan as a last name
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