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A given name in English
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01 / Meaning & origin
Morna is a feminine given name documented in English.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 1976: 5 girls (rank 9284). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Morna
Recorded category girls
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | 5 | 1,332 | observed |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 5 | 1,485 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | 5 | 1,700 | observed |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | 9 | 2,900 | observed |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,594 | observed |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | 9 | 3,219 | observed |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,398 | observed |
| 1921 | 14 | 2,509 | observed |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,379 | observed |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,376 | observed |
| 1924 | 19 | 2,062 | observed |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | 9 | 3,269 | observed |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,284 | observed |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,570 | observed |
| 1930 | 8 | 3,345 | observed |
| 1931 | 9 | 2,972 | observed |
| 1932 | 12 | 2,490 | observed |
| 1933 | 8 | 3,109 | observed |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | 9 | 2,926 | observed |
| 1936 | 7 | 3,376 | observed |
| 1937 | 10 | 2,735 | observed |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,342 | observed |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,503 | observed |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,954 | observed |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | 7 | 3,801 | observed |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 8 | 3,665 | observed |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | 6 | 4,651 | observed |
| 1949 | 11 | 3,176 | observed |
| 1950 | 7 | 4,315 | observed |
| 1951 | 6 | 4,833 | observed |
| 1952 | 9 | 3,796 | observed |
| 1953 | 8 | 4,226 | observed |
| 1954 | 13 | 3,157 | observed |
| 1955 | 16 | 2,839 | observed |
| 1956 | 10 | 3,910 | observed |
| 1957 | 10 | 3,930 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 9 | 4,300 | observed |
| 1960 | 6 | 5,696 | observed |
| 1961 | 11 | 4,009 | observed |
| 1962 | 8 | 4,865 | observed |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | 9 | 4,636 | observed |
| 1965 | 6 | 5,817 | observed |
| 1966 | 9 | 4,493 | observed |
| 1967 | 11 | 4,053 | observed |
| 1968 | 10 | 4,489 | observed |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,471 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | 6 | 7,984 | observed |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,284 | observed |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Morna” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Morna— “beloved (?)”
Cormac is a name that makes a great figure in the Ossianic poems, and perhaps the son of _Corb_, _i. e._, a chariot, that is, a charioteer. Cormac, king of Ulster, was the young ward of Cuchullin; and another Cormac, called Cairbar, or the strong, was the father of a lady called Morna, or more properly, Muirne, who when one lover returned from battle, announcing that he had slain his rival, demanded his sword stained with the blood, and then took revenge by plunging it into…
Cormac is a name that makes a great figure in the Ossianic poems, and perhaps the son of _Corb_, _i. e._, a chariot, that is, a charioteer. Cormac, king of Ulster, was the young ward of Cuchullin; and another Cormac, called Cairbar, or the strong, was the father of a lady called Morna, or more properly, Muirne, who when one lover returned from battle, announcing that he had slain his rival, demanded his sword stained with the blood, and then took revenge by plunging it into his breast, and finally killed herself with it. A still more misty Cormac figures in ancient pedigrees, as having been choked by the bone of an enchanted salmon; and Cormac Cas is a more remote ancestor of the O'Briens than the great Brien Boromhe himself.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter III (Gaelic Names), Section VI (Cormac) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
