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How popular is the name Morley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Morleys are alive today.
Morley (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 8 babies were given the name, the 1991st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 8 babies given the name that year.
The Morley you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Morleys born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Morley - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Morley.
How many babies are named Morley each year?
Where does Morley rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Morley most popular?
Morley peaked in 2005, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Morley?
At least 110 people named Morley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Morley?
Most living Morleys are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 13.
Is Morley becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.