Morgen

#14,372 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Morgan

Morgen has been given to 2,454 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #14,372 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 82 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Morgen, 2025

1 in 553,000

Morgen over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Morgen over time

In 2025, Morgen went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19592025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Morgen: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Morgan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Morgen means

Morgen is a form of Morgan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Morgen is used in Arthurian Cycle.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Morgen → Morgan. The family’s proposed meaning is “sea”, recorded in English with the source elements mor.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Morgan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,862 girls were recorded with the name Morgen between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 82 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,777 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,564 in 2020 to #14,372 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,641 in 2015 to #14,372 in 2025.

In the United States, 592 boys were recorded with the name Morgen between 1973 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 28 in 1996; its best national rank was #2,722 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Morgen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,372
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Morgen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Morgen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Morgens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Morgen was born before 1998 — so the typical Morgen is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
33.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,862
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 33.9% of all recorded uses (631).

Is Morgen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+192
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,731
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.32×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.3%
Peak was 1994 (82)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,777
1994

Spellings of Morgen

Morgen is not the most common spelling — Morgan is, with 62.8% against Morgen's 0.52%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Morgen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Morgen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 363,411 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6Kentucky1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8Minnesota1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Morgen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Morgen is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Morgen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Morgen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Morgen around the world

Where Morgen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2013
    #4,050
    in 2013
  • Scotland
    1991–2002
    #640
    in 2002
  • Canada
    1992–2006
    #2,939
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1984–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Morgen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,372
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 192
Best rank ever
#1,777
1994
Peak year
1994
82 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,862
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,722
1996
Peak year
1996
28 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
592
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Morgen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Morgen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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