Morley
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Morley is a boys' name, meaning “moor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Morley mean?
“moor”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Morley a girl's or a boy's name?
Morley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Morley, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Morley than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Morley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Morley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Names like Morley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stanley, Harvey, Sidney, Harley, Barney, Harry, Henry, Wilfred, Archie, Arthur, Murray, Louie
Names related to Morley
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Morley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morley, updated 20 October 2026.