Mora vs Morgen
American parents have registered 2,454 Morgens since 1880, against 945 Moras. But in 2025 it was Mora that was commoner, 14 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Mora Morgen
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Mora for 66 years and Morgen for 48 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.
Side by side
| Mora | Morgen | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 945 | 2,454 |
| Most in one year | 24 | 100 |
| Babies in 2025 | 14 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 620 | 2,400 |
| Median age today | 19 | 26 |
| Peak year | 2019 | 1994 |
| Best rank | 5,306th girls | 1,770th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,491st | 13,208th |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1959 |
| Girls / boys | 945 / 0 | 1,862 / 592 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Morgens alive today are over 26; half the Moras are over 19. That is 7 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Mora and Morgen.