Morrigan
Morrigan was the 2742nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2577th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 635 places. More babies were named Morrigan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,742 girls, up 738 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 63girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202369 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,139babies recorded
Morrigan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,742 | 63 |
| 2020 | #3,480 | 44 |
| 2010 | #4,087 | 37 |
| 2000 | #4,142 | 30 |
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How popular is Morrigan, counting every spelling?
Morrigan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Morrigan?
63 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Morrigan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Morrigan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 133 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Morrigan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Morrigan?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Morrigan are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 20. That makes Morrigan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Morrigan by state
How common Morrigan was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Morrigan: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Morrigan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Morrigan
How popular is the name Morrigan?
Morrigan was the 2742nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2577th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 635 places. More babies were named Morrigan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Morrigan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Morrigan in the US.
Where is Morrigan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Morrigan was most common in Washington (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and California.