Morice — boys' name
30 babies named Morice in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Morice was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Morice in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morice
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Morice between 1919 and 1993, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morice performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Morice shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morice 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 30 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.
Morice at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Morice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
30 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 5 births in a single year.
Morice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 33% of Morice's all-time total
Morice decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Morice's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1919–1993 (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.