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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#100 · 1 in 628
- Maryland#114 · 1 in 785
- New Jersey#141 · 1 in 1,308
- Pennsylvania#145 · 1 in 1,371
- Connecticut#146 · 1 in 1,309
Best ever in a state: #68 in District of Columbia, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #100 | 143 | 1 in 628 |
| Maryland | #114 | 15 | 1 in 785 |
| New Jersey | #141 | 21 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Pennsylvania | #145 | 63 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Connecticut | #146 | 10 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Massachusetts | #175 | 18 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Illinois | #200 | 31 | 1 in 1,762 |
| Virginia | #268 | 9 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Indiana | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Kentucky | #285 | 10 | 1 in 2,306 |
| Ohio | #334 | 10 | 1 in 4,799 |
| Iowa | #343 | 5 | 1 in 4,041 |
| Minnesota | #360 | 5 | 1 in 4,074 |
| Michigan | #422 | 5 | 1 in 6,555 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 5 | 1 in 5,861 |
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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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Morton, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,553 of them was named Morton, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.