Girls' name · since 1891
Morna
Morna has 402 recorded births since 1891 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 402
- born since 1891
- 1950s
- peak decade
402 girls have been named Morna since 1891, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Morna has 402 recorded births among girls since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 1976.
- #13,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 402 born since 1891
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Morna ranks #13,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 402 born since 1891, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 402
- born since 1891
- 1950s
- peak decade
Morna's 402 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Morna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Morna splits its recorded history at 1943: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1891 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Morna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–1976
- Peak year (1924)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Morna by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (88 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Morna's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Morna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 15
1890s
15 births
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
77 births
- 1930s
1930s
68 births
- 1940s
1940s
45 births
- 1950s
1950s
88 births
- 1960s
1960s
75 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 88 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Morna's decade-level peak was the 1950s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Morna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1891–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Morna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.