Morningstar — girls' name
195 babies named Morningstar in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Morningstar was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Morningstar in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morningstar
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Morningstar between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morningstar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morningstar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Morningstar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morningstar 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 195 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.
Morningstar at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Morningstar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1973
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
195 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 11 births in a single year.
Morningstar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 46 births that decade — 24% of Morningstar's all-time total
Morningstar decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Morningstar's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2022 (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.