Morrigan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Morrigan: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #898, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#898highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
2000	#3912
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2008	#4524
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2016	#4096
2019	#5591
2020	#2615
2021	#3192
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2022–2024
Highest recorded position: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2022–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Morrigan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 76 births with the name.

Morrigan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Morrigan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2701 (1998)	#2615 (2020)	#4192 (2024)	17 of 27	76 (1998–2024)	9 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#905 (2022)	#898 (2024)	#898 (2024)	2 of 3	6 (2022–2024)	3 (2022)

Morrigan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Morrigan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	29	7 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Morrigan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Morrigan'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #898, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#898position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Morten · #3, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Advika · #898, 16y
Dhanvi · #898, 14y
Halo · #898, 17y
Lujain · #898, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akbar · #898, 29y
Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y
Ania · #898, 29y

Morrigan was ranked #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Morrigan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Morrigan without appearing here.

Morrigan moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Morrigan

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Noah Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #3615.

Moved the opposite way to Morrigan

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Morrigan

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Morrigan went from #2701 to #4192 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Morrigan

Morrigan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Morrigan across 2 official records

Morrigan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Morrigan at a glance

Morrigan across 2 official records

Morrigan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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