Morgan Name Popularity

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How popular is Morgan?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Morgan, ranked the 164th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Morgan has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #22 in 1997.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1995 with 10,875 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Morgan was less than 5, most recently in 1948.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Morgan occurred roughly during the years 1953-1964, and 1966-1994, whereas 1995-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Morgan became more popular as a girls name in 1980.

Morgan's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Morgan lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Morgan?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Morgan is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Morgan (Girl)		Morgan (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,749	164	317	744
2017		1,921	152	366	681
2016		2,332	132	409	643
2015		2,684	120	379	671
2014		3,001	102	404	651
2013		3,115	100	366	662
2012		3,399	82	441	583
2011		3,671	75	475	538
2010		4,073	63	498	519
2009		4,610	56	592	460
2008		5,334	46	713	416
2007		5,664	43	729	404
2006		6,491	35	821	365
2005		6,749	33	901	334
2004		7,295	31	1,010	309
2003		7,927	29	748	361
2002		8,432	29	709	372
2001		8,735	29	782	349
2000		9,502	25	839	332
1999		9,606	24	897	317
1998		10,217	23	951	297
1997		10,341	22	1,062	266
1996		10,292	25	1,216	244
1995		10,875	23	1,257	236
1994		10,655	25	1,023	272
1993		8,570	34	862	312
1992		7,788	41	988	287
1991		6,792	49	907	288
1990		6,049	58	936	278
1989		4,428	69	828	294
1988		3,795	78	829	281
1987		2,924	95	768	283
1986		2,477	113	675	304
1985		2,281	127	685	298
1984		2,175	132	701	290
1983		1,659	167	622	314
1982		1,716	170	630	313
1981		1,769	162	767	275
1980		1,062	243	708	290
1979		443	459	502	350
1978		260	634	389	391
1977		211	732	370	408
1976		143	915	304	449
1975		115	1,041	282	476
1974		96	1,175	277	478
1973		91	1,191	255	488
1972		58	1,584	303	454
1971		80	1,344	311	463
1970		75	1,402	338	447
1969		62	1,513	333	434
1968		35	2,042	264	468
1967		42	1,803	271	462
1966		34	2,010	223	508
1965		44	1,709	206	538
1964		43	1,795	224	522
1963		22	2,679	219	536
1962		14	3,548	254	500
1961		33	2,060	204	553
1960		26	2,353	252	498
1959		15	3,210	223	528
1958		22	2,491	192	559
1957		10	4,113	185	567
1956		12	3,635	197	536
1955		16	2,923	198	520
1954		11	3,643	179	543
1953		7	4,891	150	589
1952		6	5,361	169	542
1951		12	3,234	153	553
1950		5	5,866	121	625
1949		5	5,792	121	620
1948		< 5	--	124	612
1947		< 5	--	175	514
1946		11	3,158	147	528
1945		< 5	--	112	574
1944		6	4,401	128	537
1943		< 5	--	123	571
1942		< 5	--	114	583
1941		< 5	--	100	595
1940		< 5	--	130	507
1939		< 5	--	104	562
1938		< 5	--	116	541
1937		5	4,724	102	572
1936		< 5	--	118	526
1935		< 5	--	131	499
1934		< 5	--	123	529
1933		< 5	--	122	509
1932		< 5	--	140	485
1931		< 5	--	135	495
1930		< 5	--	108	577
1929		< 5	--	138	502
1928		< 5	--	131	528
1927		< 5	--	147	501
1926		< 5	--	155	483
1925		< 5	--	160	480
1924		< 5	--	155	497
1923		< 5	--	154	496
1922		< 5	--	144	514
1921		< 5	--	184	455
1920		< 5	--	160	481
1919		< 5	--	138	507
1918		5	5,357	168	459
1917		< 5	--	179	424
1916		< 5	--	155	450
1915		< 5	--	136	474
1914		< 5	--	125	430
1913		< 5	--	106	421
1912		< 5	--	78	445
1911		< 5	--	54	387
1910		< 5	--	45	391
1909		< 5	--	34	431
1908		< 5	--	33	420
1907		< 5	--	21	532
1906		< 5	--	25	452
1905		< 5	--	30	387
1904		< 5	--	18	530
1903		< 5	--	26	390
1902		< 5	--	23	433
1901		< 5	--	16	500
1900		< 5	--	31	410
1899		< 5	--	30	329
1898		< 5	--	28	372
1897		< 5	--	29	349
1896		< 5	--	25	394
1895		< 5	--	26	378
1894		< 5	--	32	314
1893		< 5	--	22	388
1892		< 5	--	21	418
1891		< 5	--	19	405
1890		< 5	--	23	375
1889		< 5	--	24	365
1888		< 5	--	21	411
1887		< 5	--	17	418
1886		< 5	--	32	306
1885		< 5	--	26	338
1884		< 5	--	33	304
1883		< 5	--	19	409
1882		< 5	--	24	369
1881		< 5	--	23	346
1880		< 5	--	33	288

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.