Morgen
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MOR-gen
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Morgen is a name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Morgen mean?
Welsh: respelling of Morgan
A spelling of Morgan, a Welsh name; morgen is also the German word for morning.
Is Morgen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Morgen has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US.
How popular is Morgen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Morgen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2006, 60% of the babies named Morgen in the UK were girls.
Morgen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Morgen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Morgen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Morgen in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 988 girls in the US were given Morgen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #339, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
In 2014, 72% of the babies named Morgen in the US were girls.
Morgen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,524 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,154 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,765 |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Morgen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Rhiannon Megan Lauren Ryan Kaitlyn Reagan Ashley Maren Devyn Jordan Logan
Other spellings of Morgen
Names related to Morgen
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Morgen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morgen, updated 20 October 2026.