Morris

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #7,563 · #1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1912 · 960 births
Debut · boys
77 births
In top 100 · boys
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
71,000
since 1880

Morris over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #82, 1912boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,75392
2024#1,86286
2023#1,640105
2022#1,79291
2021#1,79987
2020#1,62199
2019#1,67096
2018#1,565107
2017#1,554105
2016#1,585103
2015#1,546105
2014#1,456112
2013#1,62494
2012#1,63794
2011#1,71986
2010#1,59998
2009#1,403121
2008#1,494109
2007#1,464109
2006#1,57593
2005#1,67480
2004#1,46793
2003#1,269112
2002#1,39594
2001#1,48182
2000#1,267103
1999#1,161112
1998#1,177105
1997#1,31087
1996#1,29285
1995#1,053113
1994#981127
1993#874148
1992#867148
1991#751184
1990#761178
1989#708193
1988#727168
1987#669187
1986#592224
1985#7,5638#613203
1984#635182
1983#7,3128#628184
1982#609199
1981#576220
1980#7,4188#623196
1979#584215
1978#9,7505#549229
1977#546233
1976#491262
1975#518240
1974#482272
1973#479269
1972#451304
1971#8,3245#419369
1970#7,9955#408399
1969#397399
1968#374429
1967#369409
1966#343473
1965#331519
1964#5,4747#321589
1963#325591
1962#5,2937#312629
1961#4,00911#301660
1960#3,51213#303657
1959#5,5666#291723
1958#287702
1957#3,48912#272773
1956#4,1619#251819
1955#4,7407#244830
1954#5,7535#232917
1953#4,2268#235833
1952#3,55210#219905
1951#216903
1950#3,42310#211918
1949#2,99912#221830
1948#4,6516#222843
1947#5,2955#2001,002
1946#3,6658#192916
1945#2,91610#193775
1944#4,0546#187828
1943#2,44714#181914
1942#174909
1941#2,84610#174876
1940#3,2088#170912
1939#2,9229#165927
1938#4,3425#174839
1937#2,73510#170856
1936#164847
1935#2,30513#159908
1934#3,1598#158932
1933#2,68810#163868
1932#2,49012#160940
1931#2,30713#153990
1930#3,0559#1521,006
1929#2,30114#1471,090
1928#4,1956#1441,157
1927#3,05310#1431,226
1926#3,8737#1341,306
1925#3,11610#1261,400
1924#2,30816#1201,499
1923#3,9717#1111,558
1922#2,78012#1081,630
1921#2,94111#1041,666
1920#2,59013#1081,609
1919#2,51513#991,660
1918#2,82211#1011,679
1917#3,7137#991,624
1916#3,0319#971,618
1915#2,9009#931,660
1914#2,6388#861,365
1913#891,073
1912#82960
1911#1,7928#85478
1910#91367
1909#94305
1908#98269
1907#96260
1906#96226
1905#115188
1904#122175
1903#110178
1902#128150
1901#115146
1900#136162
1899#138116
1898#112164
1897#124132
1896#127136
1895#132125
1894#133122
1893#134113
1892#126136
1891#13897
1890#15193
1889#126112
1888#16095
1887#13495
1886#14396
1885#13699
1884#17978
1883#16375
1882#16681
1881#14287
1880#17177
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Morris was already there! It came in at #171, and was given to 77 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.

See more about Morris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 109 spots since 2024 (#1,862#1,753)
  • 132 spots since 2020 (#1,621#1,753)
  • 207 spots since 2015 (#1,546#1,753)
  • Biggest jump: 47 spots in 1981 (#623#576)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1992 (#751#867)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1912 at #82 (960 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1906–1917
  • Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 448
  • Highest: 1 in 448 boys born in 1912 were named Morris (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Morris (14,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s895#126 (1889)#152
1890s1,234#112 (1898)#132
1900s2,059#94 (1909)#111
1910s12,484#82 (1912)#92
1920s14,141#104 (1921)#125
1930s9,113#152 (1930)#162
1940s8,805#170 (1940)#191
1950s8,323#211 (1950)#246
1960s5,355#301 (1961)#338
1970s2,792#408 (1970)#493
1980s1,956#576 (1981)#638
1990s1,287#751 (1991)#1,023
2000s996#1,267 (2000)#1,449
2010s1,000#1,456 (2014)#1,596
2020s560#1,621 (2020)#1,745

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Morris in 1934

girls
#3,159
8 births · 1 in 130,528 girls
boys
#158
932 births · 1 in 1,108 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #3,159Morris8

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #158Morris932
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 130,528 of them was named Morris, which outranked 36.5% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Morris
  1. #2,923Yola9
  2. #2,923Yuriko9
  3. #2,923Zoila9
  4. #3,159Morris8
  5. #3,159Adel8
  6. #3,159Adelfa8
  7. #3,159Adlean8
  8. #3,449Adina7
  9. #3,449Adriene7
  10. #3,449Albirta7

Tied with 289 names at #3,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,108 of them was named Morris, which outranked 96.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Morris
  1. #154Lyle939
  2. #156Homer937
  3. #157Jay933
  4. #158Morris932
  5. #158Sidney932
  6. #160Rodney929
  7. #161Earnest921
  8. #162Wilbur920

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934