# Morgan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/morgan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “sea”, “great”, “circle”, “great chief”, “sea chief” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɔɹɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 269,269 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 45,643 / 223,626 (83% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25,941, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.

## What it means

Morgan is grouped under sea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,672 | 75 |
| 2012 | 3,403 | 82 |
| 2013 | 3,116 | 100 |
| 2014 | 3,006 | 102 |
| 2015 | 2,689 | 121 |
| 2016 | 2,339 | 132 |
| 2017 | 1,929 | 153 |
| 2018 | 1,759 | 163 |
| 2019 | 1,651 | 176 |
| 2020 | 1,491 | 195 |
| 2021 | 1,447 | 205 |
| 2022 | 1,383 | 215 |
| 2023 | 1,249 | 247 |
| 2024 | 1,144 | 277 |
| 2025 | 977 | 312 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 475 | 539 |
| 2012 | 441 | 583 |
| 2013 | 367 | 660 |
| 2014 | 404 | 652 |
| 2015 | 381 | 671 |
| 2016 | 410 | 643 |
| 2017 | 370 | 680 |
| 2018 | 320 | 743 |
| 2019 | 334 | 729 |
| 2020 | 367 | 695 |
| 2021 | 455 | 611 |
| 2022 | 550 | 540 |
| 2023 | 532 | 550 |
| 2024 | 561 | 531 |
| 2025 | 532 | 559 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 167 | 294 |
| 2012 | 128 | 372 |
| 2013 | 95 | 442 |
| 2014 | 80 | 527 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 70 | 605 |
| 2017 | 68 | 616 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 70 | 574 |
| 2020 | 58 | 643 |
| 2021 | 73 | 549 |
| 2022 | 71 | 550 |
| 2023 | 75 | 523 |
| 2024 | 75 | 520 |
| 2025 | 65 | 596 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 500 | 126 |
| 2012 | 448 | 138 |
| 2013 | 387 | 151 |
| 2014 | 316 | 176 |
| 2015 | 292 | 197 |
| 2016 | 257 | 217 |
| 2017 | 212 | 254 |
| 2018 | 180 | 277 |
| 2019 | 176 | 274 |
| 2020 | 150 | 305 |
| 2021 | 121 | 374 |
| 2022 | 115 | 366 |
| 2023 | 120 | 351 |
| 2024 | 131 | 334 |
| 2025 | 128 | 331 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 摩根
- Greek: Μόργκαν
- Arabic: مَوْرْغَان
- French: Morgan, Morgane
- Italian: Morgan, Morgana
- Swedish: Morgan

## People named Morgan

- Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer (born 1937)
- Morgan Tsvangirai, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1952-2018)
- Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer (born 1989)
- Morgan Rogers, English association football player
- Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- Morgan Gibbs-White, English association football player (born 2000)
- Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer (1970-2024)
- Morgan Sanson, French association football player (1994)
- Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer (born 1985)
- Morgan Wallen, American country singer
- Morgan Taylor, athletics competitor (1903-1975)
- Morgan Woodward, American actor (1925-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.