Girls' name · since 1995
Morelia
756 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.
- #9,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,685 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 756
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Morelia currently ranks #15685 among girls' names in America, with 756 babies recorded since 1995.
Morelia has 756 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15685 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #9,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,685 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 756 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Morelia ranks #9,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,685 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 756 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,685 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 756
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Morelia's 756 recorded births place it above 87.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Morelia compares
756 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Morelia's all-time total is 101% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Morelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 756 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Morelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Morelia's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 23% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 77%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 66, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Morelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Morelia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (411 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Morelia's strongest decade.
411 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Morelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
174 births
- 2000s
2000s
411 births
- 2010s 126
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 411 births (54% of all-time use).
How Morelia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Morelia's total volume
Morelia by state
Where Morelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 214 | 28.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 69 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 30 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.7% |
214 of 756 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Morelia's data
- Morelia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (411 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Morelias (214 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Morelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Morelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.