Morelia — #8160 US girls' name
751 babies named Morelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Morelia was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Morelia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 751 babies named Morelia between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morelia currently holds the #8160 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morelia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 411 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Morelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Morelia in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morelia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 751 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Morelia at a glance
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Current rank
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Morelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (1996)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #8160 among girls.
751 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 66 births in a single year.
Morelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 411 births that decade — 55% of Morelia's all-time total
Morelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 411 births
- Runner-up 174 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Morelia's strongest decade
411 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Morelia by state
Where Morelia concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 214 | 28.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 69 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 30 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.7% |
214 of 751 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.5% of nationwide
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
- Washington 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.