girl's name

Morena

  • Origin Spanish
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 547

Morena is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Morena is a name of Spanish origin.
  • Peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1957.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Morena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Morena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 12
1960s 5
1970s 8
1980s 48
1990s 95
2000s 59
2010s 49
2020s (to 2024) 11

How popular is Morena?

In 2024, Morena was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Morena is used

England & Wales #7,273 3 in 2021
France #7,694 5 in 2021
United States #17,621 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Morena is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Moréna Moréna is a rare spelling of Morena, written with an acute accent and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15

Names that peaked alongside Morena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Morena also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Morena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Morena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Morena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Morena

How popular is the name Morena?

In 2024, Morena was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Morena a girl's or a boy's name?

Morena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Morena?

Morena has 3 syllables.

When was Morena most popular?

Morena peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.