Morgan

Meaning: Great chief or sea chief
Origin: Welsh — From Old Welsh roots

Boy's name · #559 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

30% boys · 70% girls — About 70% of babies named Morgan in recent years have been girls. Morgan →

Popularity over time

Morgan reached #236 in 1995 and has eased to #559 since. About 46,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#332 in England & Wales (2025) · #411 in Norway (2025) · #557 in France (2025) · #620 in Scotland (2025) · #637 in Ireland (2025) · #739 in Sweden (2025) · #1,807 in Switzerland (2025) · #471 in Canada (2024).

Famous Morgans

Morgan Freeman — American actor and producer (born 1937)
Morgan Tsvangirai — Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1952–2018)
Morgan De Sanctis — Italian association football player
Morgan Schneiderlin — French footballer (born 1989)
Morgan Rogers — English association football player

In stories & tradition

Morgan Jones — The Walking Dead (TV series)
Morgan Kane — Morgan Kane (novel series)

What Morgans become

Among 991 notable people named Morgan:

Sports figures appear 2.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Morgan De Sanctis, Italian association football player.

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