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
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 960 births
- Debut · boys
- 77 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 13 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 71,000since 1880
Morris over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,753 | 92 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,862 | 86 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,640 | 105 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,792 | 91 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,799 | 87 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,621 | 99 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,670 | 96 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,565 | 107 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,585 | 103 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,546 | 105 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,456 | 112 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,624 | 94 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,637 | 94 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,719 | 86 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,599 | 98 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,403 | 121 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,494 | 109 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,464 | 109 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,575 | 93 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,674 | 80 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,467 | 93 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,269 | 112 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,395 | 94 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,267 | 103 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,161 | 112 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,177 | 105 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,310 | 87 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,292 | 85 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | — | #981 | 127 | |
| 1993 | — | #874 | 148 | |
| 1992 | — | #867 | 148 | |
| 1991 | — | #751 | 184 | |
| 1990 | — | #761 | 178 | |
| 1989 | — | #708 | 193 | |
| 1988 | — | #727 | 168 | |
| 1987 | — | #669 | 187 | |
| 1986 | — | #592 | 224 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #613 | 203 |
| 1984 | — | #635 | 182 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #628 | 184 |
| 1982 | — | #609 | 199 | |
| 1981 | — | #576 | 220 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #623 | 196 |
| 1979 | — | #584 | 215 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #549 | 229 |
| 1977 | — | #546 | 233 | |
| 1976 | — | #491 | 262 | |
| 1975 | — | #518 | 240 | |
| 1974 | — | #482 | 272 | |
| 1973 | — | #479 | 269 | |
| 1972 | — | #451 | 304 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #419 | 369 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #408 | 399 |
| 1969 | — | #397 | 399 | |
| 1968 | — | #374 | 429 | |
| 1967 | — | #369 | 409 | |
| 1966 | — | #343 | 473 | |
| 1965 | — | #331 | 519 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #321 | 589 |
| 1963 | — | #325 | 591 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #312 | 629 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #301 | 660 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #303 | 657 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #291 | 723 |
| 1958 | — | #287 | 702 | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #272 | 773 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #251 | 819 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #244 | 830 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #232 | 917 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #235 | 833 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #219 | 905 |
| 1951 | — | #216 | 903 | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #211 | 918 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #221 | 830 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #222 | 843 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #200 | 1,002 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #192 | 916 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #193 | 775 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #187 | 828 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #181 | 914 |
| 1942 | — | #174 | 909 | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #174 | 876 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #170 | 912 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #165 | 927 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #174 | 839 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #170 | 856 |
| 1936 | — | #164 | 847 | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #159 | 908 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #158 | 932 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #163 | 868 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #160 | 940 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #153 | 990 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #152 | 1,006 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #147 | 1,090 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #144 | 1,157 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #143 | 1,226 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #134 | 1,306 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #126 | 1,400 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #120 | 1,499 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #111 | 1,558 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #108 | 1,630 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #104 | 1,666 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #108 | 1,609 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #99 | 1,660 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #101 | 1,679 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #99 | 1,624 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #97 | 1,618 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #93 | 1,660 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #86 | 1,365 |
| 1913 | — | #89 | 1,073 | |
| 1912 | — | #82 | 960 | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #85 | 478 |
| 1910 | — | #91 | 367 | |
| 1909 | — | #94 | 305 | |
| 1908 | — | #98 | 269 | |
| 1907 | — | #96 | 260 | |
| 1906 | — | #96 | 226 | |
| 1905 | — | #115 | 188 | |
| 1904 | — | #122 | 175 | |
| 1903 | — | #110 | 178 | |
| 1902 | — | #128 | 150 | |
| 1901 | — | #115 | 146 | |
| 1900 | — | #136 | 162 | |
| 1899 | — | #138 | 116 | |
| 1898 | — | #112 | 164 | |
| 1897 | — | #124 | 132 | |
| 1896 | — | #127 | 136 | |
| 1895 | — | #132 | 125 | |
| 1894 | — | #133 | 122 | |
| 1893 | — | #134 | 113 | |
| 1892 | — | #126 | 136 | |
| 1891 | — | #138 | 97 | |
| 1890 | — | #151 | 93 | |
| 1889 | — | #126 | 112 | |
| 1888 | — | #160 | 95 | |
| 1887 | — | #134 | 95 | |
| 1886 | — | #143 | 96 | |
| 1885 | — | #136 | 99 | |
| 1884 | — | #179 | 78 | |
| 1883 | — | #163 | 75 | |
| 1882 | — | #166 | 81 | |
| 1881 | — | #142 | 87 | |
| 1880 | — | #171 | 77 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1912 at #82 (960 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 54 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1906–1917
- Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1994
- Highest: 1 in 448 boys born in 1912 were named Morris (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Morris (14,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #126 (1889) | #152 |
| 1890s | 1,234 | #112 (1898) | #132 |
| 1900s | 2,059 | #94 (1909) | #111 |
| 1910s | 12,484 | #82 (1912) | #92 |
| 1920s | 14,141 | #104 (1921) | #125 |
| 1930s | 9,113 | #152 (1930) | #162 |
| 1940s | 8,805 | #170 (1940) | #191 |
| 1950s | 8,323 | #211 (1950) | #246 |
| 1960s | 5,355 | #301 (1961) | #338 |
| 1970s | 2,792 | #408 (1970) | #493 |
| 1980s | 1,956 | #576 (1981) | #638 |
| 1990s | 1,287 | #751 (1991) | #1,023 |
| 2000s | 996 | #1,267 (2000) | #1,449 |
| 2010s | 1,000 | #1,456 (2014) | #1,596 |
| 2020s | 560 | #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 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 332,765 of them was named Morris, which outranked 13.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,321 names at #8,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 4,793 of them was named Morris, which outranked 92.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.