Morna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Morna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
3times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#471highest recorded position

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1998

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2 of the 15 years from 1972 to 1986.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–1998 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1972–1986
Highest recorded position: #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1972–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1986
Most recently recorded at #521 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1986.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Morna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Morna is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Morna, between 1972 and 1998, in 3 of those 27 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1972–1986	2	#471 in 1972
England and Wales	1998	1	#3848 in 1998

Its high point came 26 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1972) than in England and Wales (1998).

No registrar recorded it for 13 years after 1972; it appears again in 1986.

Morna was ranked #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1972 to 1998. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.