Recorded 1970–2018 Girls' name Peak 1974 164 births

Morning — girls' name

164 babies named Morning in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s691980s271990s382000s232010s7
1970s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Morning was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

11 babies were named Morning in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Morning

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Morning between 1970 and 2018, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morning currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morning performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Morning shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Morning in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morning 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 164 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.

Morning at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

164

Since 1970

49 years of records

Peak year

1974

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1970

Recorded for 49 years

Last year on file: 2018

Morning popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1970

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1974)
11
Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
4681012 201820021998199219821978197419711970 5

Morning by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
69 births that decade — 42% of Morning's all-time total
1970s691980s271990s382000s232010s7

Morning by state

Where Morning concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Morning
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.0%
California share of Morning's total US births 3.0%

5 of 164 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Morning?
164 babies have been named Morning since 1970. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1974 with 11 births.
When was Morning most popular?
Morning was most popular in the 1970s decade with 69 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
Where is Morning most popular?
The top states for the name Morning are California (5 births).
How long has the name Morning been used?
Morning has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 49 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Morning?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Morgan, Moriah, Morgen, Morghan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1970–2018 (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.