Boys' name · since 1915
Moris
Moris has 262 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 262
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Moris sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 262 recorded since 1915.
Moris has 262 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1915 to 2023.
- #11,398 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 262 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moris ranks #11,398 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 262 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 262
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Moris's 262 recorded births place it above 74.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Moris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Moris's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Moris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2023
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Moris by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Moris's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Moris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
57 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Moris's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Moris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1915–2023 (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 Moris 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.