Girls' name · since 1984
Morgaine
175 babies named Morgaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
175 girls have been named Morgaine since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Morgaine has 175 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2009.
- #21,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Morgaine ranks #21,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Morgaine's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Morgaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Morgaine's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Morgaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2009
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Morgaine by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (73 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Morgaine's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Morgaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 73 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Morgaine's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2000s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Morgaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Morgaine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.