Morna
Morna is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Morna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Morna is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Morna
American parents first put Morna on the record books as a baby girl name in 1891, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 19 Mornas were born — ranking #2,062 that year. About 22% of every Morna on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Morna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1976, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 402 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Morna
Morna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 402 births in the dataset. Morna's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,062. Use the chart and map above to compare Morna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.