Morna

Girls' name

Form of Muirne

Morna has been given to 402 babies in the U.S. since 1891. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Morna, 1976

1 in 607,000

Morna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Morna: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Muirne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Morna means

Morna is a form of Muirne.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Morna is used in Scottish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Muirne.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 402 girls were recorded with the name Morna between 1891 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,471 in 1891.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Morna?

Morna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 607,000; 5 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 420,604 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Morna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Morna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mornas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Morna was born before 1943 — so the typical Morna is around 82 today.

Median birth year: 1943; About 82 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 21.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 40.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 174; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 21.9% of all recorded uses (88).

Is Morna rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (19)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,471; 1891

Spellings of Morna

Morna is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 26.3% against Morna's 0.01%.

Donna26.3%831,641
Maria17.9%566,111
Norma8.8%278,071
Morgan7.1%223,626
Nora6.1%193,138
Cora4.9%156,028
Dora3.4%105,930
Verna2.2%69,113

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Morna around the world

Where Morna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1998–1998
#3,848
in 1998
Scotland
1974–1999
#621
in 1999
Ireland
1972–1986
#521
in 1986
South Australia
1954–1990
#691
in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Morna by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,471; 1891
Peak year: 1924; 19 that year
First recorded: 1891
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 402
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Morna

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Moriyah Moria Morayo Mora Morgana Morene Morelia Morgann Morine Morris Aparna Morgen Charna Morena Mori Moreen Arna Karna Morgyn Shterna Larna Moraima Moranda Morgin

Sibling names for Morna

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick Hosea

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