Mori — unisex name
75 babies named Mori in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Mori was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mori in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mori
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Mori between 1955 and 2023, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mori currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Mori is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mori performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mori shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mori 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 75 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.
Mori at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mori popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1955
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
75 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 8 births in a single year.
Mori popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 1995 (Mori as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mori accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mori by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 24 births that decade — 32% of Mori's all-time total
Mori decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Mori's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1955–2023 (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.