UK girl's name
Morven
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Morven is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Morven popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4709, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2008, with 9 births.
This profile covers 90 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 1996 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 44% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,243 living people in the UK are called Morven. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Morven ranked #4709 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2008, when 9 girls were registered as Morven.
- • Morven ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #384 in 2024.
- • About 1,243 living people in the UK are estimated to have Morven as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4709
2023
Births in 2023
4
Latest year
Peak year
2008
9 births
Estimated living
1,243
2026
Popularity
Morven over time
The chart below shows babies named Morven registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Morven, the clearest high point is 2008. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2023, compared with 9 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Morven by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Morven was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4469 | 14 | 3 |
| 2010s | #4639 | 27 | 6 |
| 2000s | #3238 | 33 | 6 |
| 1990s | #2796 | 16 | 3 |
Geography
Where Morven is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Morven. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Morven ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #384 in 2024.
Across the UK
Morven in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#384 in 2024
51 years of NRS records, 1,166 total registered
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FAQ
Morven: questions and answers
How popular is the name Morven in the UK right now?
In 2023, Morven was ranked #4709 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Morven most popular?
The peak year on record was 2008, with 9 babies registered as Morven in England and Wales.
How many people are called Morven in the UK?
A total of 90 babies have been registered as Morven across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 1,166 more in Scotland.
Where is Morven most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Morven ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #384 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.