Morganne
A feminine form of the Welsh name Morgan meaning "born of the sea".
Name Census estimates that about 1,124 living Americans carry the first name Morganne. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Morganne today is around 29 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Morganne births was 1995 (87 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Morganne. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.1K
~ 1 in 304,942 Americans
Peak year
1995
87 babies that year
Average age
29
years old
2013 SSA rank
#15,941
Tracked since 1979
Popularity
Morganne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Morganne from the 1970s through to the 2010s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 719 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Morganne by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Morganne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Morgannes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. California, New York, Ohio recorded the most babies named Morganne, while North Carolina, Massachusetts, Kansas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 14 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Morganne
The name Morganne is derived from the Welsh name Morgan, which originated as a surname meaning "great circle" or "bright circle." The name has its roots in the Old Welsh words "mor," meaning sea, and "can," meaning circle or ring. This suggests an association with the sea or with coastal regions.
During the Middle Ages, the name Morgan became popular in Wales and other parts of Britain, particularly among the Welsh nobility. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was Morgan ap Athrwys, a 6th-century Welsh king and warrior who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons.
In Arthurian legend, the name is connected to the enchanter Merlin, whose Welsh name was Myrddin Emrys or Myrddin Wyllt (Myrddin the Wild). Some scholars believe that the character of Merlin may have been inspired by or conflated with a historical figure named Morgan.
In the 12th century, the French poet Chrétien de Troyes introduced the character of Morgan le Fay, a powerful enchantress and the half-sister of King Arthur, in his Arthurian romances. This literary figure helped popularize the name throughout Europe.
Notable historical figures with the name Morgan or variants include Morgan ap Rhys (c. 1170-1208), a Welsh prince and military leader; Morgan the Buccaneer (c. 1635-1688), a notorious Welsh pirate who operated in the Caribbean; and Morgan Llywelyn (born 1939), an American author known for her historical novels set in Celtic lands.
The feminine form Morganne emerged as a variant of the name, possibly influenced by the French language or as a way to distinguish it from the masculine Morgan. One of the earliest recorded examples of the spelling Morganne was Morganne Le Fay, a powerful sorceress in the 15th-century English romance "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory.
Other notable figures with the name Morganne include Morganne Firestone (1925-1962), an American socialite and writer; Morganne Peltier (born 1964), a Canadian author and screenwriter; and Morganne Amant-Guilbert (born 1992), a French professional tennis player.
People
Morganne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Morganne as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Morganne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Morganne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,124 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Morganne going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 304,942 US residents.
Is Morganne a common name?
We classify Morganne as "Rare". It ranks above 90.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,158 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Morganne most popular?
The single biggest year for Morganne was 1995, when 87 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Morganne is about 29 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Morganne a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Morganne in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.