Morton
Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,336since 1880
Morton over time
Rank among boys' names. Morton has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,295 | 36 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,029 | 53 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,025 | 50 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | — | #943 | 55 | |
| 1950 | — | #926 | 55 | |
| 1949 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1948 | — | #868 | 62 | |
| 1947 | — | #706 | 96 | |
| 1946 | — | #668 | 94 | |
| 1945 | — | #581 | 108 | |
| 1944 | — | #633 | 94 | |
| 1943 | — | #581 | 119 | |
| 1942 | — | #566 | 118 | |
| 1941 | — | #550 | 118 | |
| 1940 | — | #504 | 132 | |
| 1939 | — | #479 | 141 | |
| 1938 | — | #403 | 198 | |
| 1937 | — | #371 | 218 | |
| 1936 | — | #327 | 275 | |
| 1935 | — | #308 | 310 | |
| 1934 | — | #309 | 310 | |
| 1933 | — | #291 | 331 | |
| 1932 | — | #272 | 402 | |
| 1931 | — | #275 | 405 | |
| 1930 | — | #300 | 367 | |
| 1929 | — | #281 | 388 | |
| 1928 | — | #295 | 371 | |
| 1927 | — | #281 | 409 | |
| 1926 | — | #269 | 443 | |
| 1925 | — | #283 | 415 | |
| 1924 | — | #261 | 471 | |
| 1923 | — | #254 | 482 | |
| 1922 | — | #263 | 460 | |
| 1921 | — | #262 | 461 | |
| 1920 | — | #262 | 435 | |
| 1919 | — | #272 | 377 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #267 | 397 |
| 1917 | — | #277 | 343 | |
| 1916 | — | #287 | 320 | |
| 1915 | — | #301 | 286 | |
| 1914 | — | #292 | 233 | |
| 1913 | — | #291 | 185 | |
| 1912 | — | #314 | 137 | |
| 1911 | — | #321 | 73 | |
| 1910 | — | #430 | 40 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #375 | 36 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #371 | 27 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1889 | — | #281 | 36 | |
| 1888 | — | #239 | 53 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #370 | 23 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Morton was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Morton is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#105 · 1 in 641
- New York#131 · 1 in 1,094
- Pennsylvania#153 · 1 in 1,414
- New Jersey#178 · 1 in 1,989
- Michigan#222 · 1 in 1,781
Best ever in a state: #68 in District of Columbia, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #105 | 8 | 1 in 641 |
| New York | #131 | 39 | 1 in 1,094 |
| Pennsylvania | #153 | 25 | 1 in 1,414 |
| New Jersey | #178 | 6 | 1 in 1,989 |
| Michigan | #222 | 5 | 1 in 1,781 |
| California | #225 | 5 | 1 in 1,628 |
| Massachusetts | #233 | 5 | 1 in 3,027 |
| Illinois | #240 | 9 | 1 in 2,488 |
| Kentucky | #246 | 5 | 1 in 1,763 |
| Missouri | #258 | 5 | 1 in 2,235 |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Morton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1887 (#845 → #392)
- Biggest drop: 429 spots in 1883 (#370 → #799)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #239 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1951
- Highest: 1 in 2,274 boys born in 1923 were named Morton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #239 in 1888, was only 1 in 2,280 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.1% of all boys named Morton (4,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 191 | #239 (1888) | #510 |
| 1890s | 199 | #312 (1890) | #455 |
| 1900s | 213 | #375 (1907) | #527 |
| 1910s | 2,391 | #267 (1918) | #305 |
| 1920s | 4,335 | #254 (1923) | #271 |
| 1930s | 2,957 | #272 (1932) | #334 |
| 1940s | 1,009 | #504 (1940) | #648 |
| 1950s | 438 | #926 (1950) | #1,144 |
| 1960s | 270 | #1,295 (1962) | #1,548 |
| 1970s | 144 | #1,784 (1971) | #2,853 |
| 1980s | 73 | #2,779 (1981) | #4,748 |
| 1990s | 52 | #4,447 (1993) | #7,019 |
| 2000s | 24 | #8,927 (2004) | #10,236 |
| 2010s | 32 | #7,136 (2018) | #9,257 |
| 2020s | 8 | #8,825 (2021) | #8,825 |
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.
Morton in 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 3,138 of them was named Morton, which outranked 89.2% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).