Morag
Girl · MOR-ag · Scottish
Morag is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “great”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Morag mean?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic Morag, pet form of Mor 'great'
“great”
Scottish Gaelic pet form of Mor 'great', long treated in records as a Gaelic equivalent of Sarah.
- Say it
- MOR-ag
Is Morag a girl's or a boy's name?
Morag is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morag in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Morag, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Morag in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Morag in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 2 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Morag
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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