Morelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-REH-lee-ah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Morelia is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Morelia mean?
Spanish: name of the Mexican city, from the surname Morelos
Morelia, capital of Michoacan in Mexico, was renamed in 1828 in honour of the independence hero Jose Maria Morelos.
Is Morelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Morelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Morelia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Morelia in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Morelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Morelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena, Montana, Amaria, Mariana, Sophia, Solana, Dulce, Alivia, Ariana, Analia, Analucia, Montserrat
Names related to Morelia
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Morelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morelia, updated 20 October 2026.