Morven

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Morven: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #384, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#384highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2008	#2487
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2013	#3536
2017	#3229
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2020	#3117
2021	#5581
2023	#4709

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 18 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Morven 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 Morven in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	33	6 of 10	6
2010s	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Morven 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Scotland in 2024.

Morven'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #384, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#384position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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.

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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.

Arlie · #384, 22y
Aspen · #384, 24y
Tyana · #384, 16y
Meriel · #385, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ashlyn · #384, 29y
Ceili · #384, 13y
Rea · #384, 28y
Subhan · #384, 29y

Morven was ranked #384 in Scotland · 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.

Morven 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 Morven without appearing here.

Morven moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #5765.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Morven

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2444 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Marilyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2487 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Morven

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Morven

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Morven went from #2096 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Morven

Morven at a glance

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Morven by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Morven at a glance

Morven by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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