Morayo
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-RAH-yoh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Morayo is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “I see joy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Morayo mean?
Yoruba
“I see joy”
A Yoruba name from mo ri ayo, literally 'I see joy', celebrating the happiness a child brings.
Is Morayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Morayo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 260% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Morayo, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Morayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Morayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Morayo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Morayo, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Morayo of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Morayo in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Morayo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Morayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Munachimso, Oluwadarasimi, Ireoluwa, Oluwatamilore, Inioluwa, Morireoluwa, Oluwanifemi, Ifeoluwa, Tiwatope, Temiloluwa, Araoluwa
Names related to Morayo
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Iremide, Ayomikun, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Morayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morayo, updated 20 October 2026.