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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Morganne with official rankings and popularity over time.
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
Census
Morganne in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,063 people with the first name Morganne, which placed it at #11,885 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,885
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,063 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
79.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Morganne
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Morganne is White at 79.5%. The next largest groups are Black (8.5%) and Two or More Races (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Morganne described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Morganne at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White79.5% · 845
- Black or African American8.5% · 90
- Two or more races6.6% · 70
- Hispanic or Latino3.5% · 37
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 12
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 9
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.
How common was Morganne in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,063 people with the name Morganne, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,885 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Morganne in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Morganne?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Morganne appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,062 people counted with this name, 99.7% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Morganne?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Morganne is White at 79.5%. The next largest groups are Black (8.5%) and Two or More Races (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Morganne most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Morganne in the 2020 Census, accounting for 79.5% (845 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Morganne in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Morganne still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Morganne in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Morganne can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many Americans are named Morganne?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people share the name Morganne at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.