How Many People Are Named Morrigan?
people named Morrigan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 302,464 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,139 babies named Morrigan in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
69 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Irish Mór Ríoghain meaning "great queen". In Irish myth she was a goddess of war and death who often took the form of a crow.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Morrigan in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Morrigan alive today is about 12 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Morrigan first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2023, to 69 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Morrigan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,577, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #2,742.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,742 |
| Best rank | #2,577 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,687 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Morrigan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Morrigan were born in California than in any other state: about 39 of those alive today.
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