Morghan — girls' name
1,296 babies named Morghan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Morghan was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Morghan in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morghan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,296 babies named Morghan between 1981 and 2021, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morghan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morghan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 498 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Morghan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Morghan in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morghan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,296 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Morghan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Morghan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1981
- Peak year (2006)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
1,296 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 61 births in a single year.
Morghan popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Morghan as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Morghan accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Morghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 498 births that decade — 38% of Morghan's all-time total
Morghan decade highlights
- Peak decade 498 births
- Runner-up 432 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Morghan's strongest decade
498 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Morghan by state
Where Morghan concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.5% |
12 of 1,296 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Morghan appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.