Morgan

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.8 to 1)

  • #559in 2025
  • 1 in 3,210boys in 2025
  • +57%last ten years
  • 2.5×in Kansas

Most popular in 1995, and up 57% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Morgan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880299
1881228
1882211
1883182
1884288
1885241
1886289
1887168
1888174
1889217
1890207
1891188
1892172
1893196
1894276
1895221
1896209
1897257
1898228
1899282
1900206
1901150
1902188
1903218
1904140
1905227
1906188
1907143
1908214
1909207
1910232
1911239
1912181
1913207
1914191
1915160
1916174
1917193
1918166
1919141
1920150
1921167
1922132
1923140
1924137
1925143
1926139
1927130
1928118
1929128
193098
1931130
1932134
1933123
1934119
1935126
1936115
193796
1938105
193994
1940112
194181
194283
194386
194494
194583
194691
194796
194871
194968
195068
195181
195287
195376
195488
195596
195693
195786
195890
1959105
1960117
196196
1962123
1963108
1964112
1965111
1966125
1967155
1968151
1969186
1970181
1971176
1972187
1973164
1974176
1975181
1976193
1977225
1978238
1979292
1980394
1981428
1982348
1983348
1984388
1985369
1986366
1987412
1988433
1989414
1990456
1991448
1992495
1993439
1994529
1995661
1996642
1997563
1998498
1999467
2000427
2001404
2002365
2003379
2004509
2005451
2006399
2007351
2008350
2009298
2010260
2011250
2012232
2013194
2014210
2015199
2016216
2017200
2018176
2019186
2020213
2021260
2022315
2023311
2024326
2025311

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Kansas 2.5×
  2. Kentucky 2.3×
  3. Washington 1.8×
  4. Tennessee 1.8×
  5. Missouri 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
532
Rank in 2025
#559
How rare
1 in 3,210 boys
Since 1880
45,643

Most popular in 1995, at 661 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 57% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Kansas2.5×32
Kentucky2.3×44
Washington1.8×56
Tennessee1.8×61
Missouri1.8×46

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.