Boys' name · peaked in 1912
Morris name popularity since 1925
46,725 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Morris (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Morris is about 78 years old in 2026. Morris peaked in 1912 as the #82 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 46,725
- Named Morris, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1912
- #82 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,762 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 359 girls · 46,366 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.92× its national share
Peak year is the year Morris made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Morris births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Morris peaked earlier, in 1912.
Decade by decade
Babies named Morris in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 47 | 6,179 | – |
| 1930s | 89 | 9,113 | #159 |
| 1940s | 79 | 8,805 | #193 |
| 1950s | 67 | 8,323 | #244 |
| 1960s | 38 | 5,355 | #331 |
| 1970s | 15 | 2,792 | #520 |
| 1980s | 24 | 1,956 | #613 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,287 | #1,058 |
| 2000s | 0 | 996 | #1,686 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,000 | #1,550 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 560 | #1,762 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.8% of babies named Morris from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Morris is most popular
The index compares Morris's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Morris.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.92× | 2,245 |
| Alabama | 2.68× | 2,033 |
| Mississippi | 2.64× | 1,373 |
| Georgia | 2.15× | 2,550 |
| Arkansas | 1.99× | 879 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Morris's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Morris.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Morris (1912).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data