Morgan

What Morgan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Morgan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Morgan?

US: Falling: down from #121 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #674 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1995, when 10,877 girls got the name (#23 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 1,645 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,897 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), NH (2.63 per 1,000 girls), CT (1.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Morgan is #312 in the US and #596 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 64.7% of US babies named Morgan were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Morgann5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Morgan

Girls

• Kaitlyn#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #197 in 2015, #799 in 2025
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025
• Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Bridget#724Editor’s note Down from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 in the US
• Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025

For a brother

• Trevor#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 6,598 babies; 400 in 2025
• Sean#489“God is gracious”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Kevin#221“dear birth/person”^*
• Brian#339Same root as Brendan, meaning “prince, king”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Morgan’s. Rank is US 2025.