# Morten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/morten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 43 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 43 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 46, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Morten.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 5 | 3,595 |
| 1915 | 6 | 3,703 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3,762 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4,188 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,053 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,162 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,556 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## People named Morten

- Morten P. Meldal, Danish chemist (born 1954)
- Morten Olsen, Danish footballer
- Morten Hjulmand, Danish association football player (born 1999)
- Morten Thrane Brünnich, Danish zoologist and mineralogist (1737-1827)
- Morten Wieghorst, Danish footballer
- Morten Olsen, Danish handball player
- Morten Østergaard, Danish politician
- Morten Green, Danish ice hockey player
- Morten Jørgensen, Danish rower
- Morten Arnfred, Danish film director
- Morten Bisgaard, Danish footballer
- Morten Lauridsen, American composer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.