Mortimer
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,943since 1880
Mortimer over time
Rank among boys' names. Mortimer has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
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| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,173 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #882 | 58 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #786 | 71 |
| 1922 | #742 | 79 |
| 1921 | #722 | 83 |
| 1920 | #803 | 70 |
| 1919 | #638 | 91 |
| 1918 | #658 | 88 |
| 1917 | #656 | 83 |
| 1916 | #612 | 91 |
| 1915 | #667 | 76 |
| 1914 | #579 | 75 |
| 1913 | #579 | 57 |
| 1912 | #539 | 55 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #543 | 14 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #469 | 15 |
| 1881 | #533 | 11 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mortimer was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mortimer is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#199 · 1 in 2,103
- New Jersey#299 · 1 in 5,816
Best ever in a state: #145 in New York, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #199 | 43 | 1 in 2,103 |
| New Jersey | #299 | 5 | 1 in 5,816 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mortimer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #647)
- Biggest drop: 501 spots in 1900 (#661 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #469 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1910–1926
- Highest: 1 in 7,579 boys born in 1882 were named Mortimer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 33.2% of all boys named Mortimer (645) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 99 | #469 (1882) | #582 |
| 1890s | 93 | #497 (1891) | #674 |
| 1900s | 97 | #616 (1907) | #869 |
| 1910s | 645 | #539 (1912) | #667 |
| 1920s | 603 | #722 (1921) | #894 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,173 (1930) | #1,746 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,081 (1940) | #2,778 |
| 1950s | 59 | #2,207 (1950) | #3,181 |
| 1960s | 39 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,476 |
| 1970s | 17 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,576 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,116 |
| 2020s | 19 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,592 |
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.
Mortimer in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 15,205 of them was named Mortimer, which outranked 83.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.