Boys' name · since 1925
Moritz
Moritz has 142 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1925
- 2000s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Moritz since 1925, making it today's #9829 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Moritz recorded 142 times among boys since 1925, holding rank #9829 nationally today, ahead of 29% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #15,136 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,829 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 1925
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moritz ranks #15,136 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,829 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 1925, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1925
- 2000s
- peak decade
Moritz's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Moritz compares
142 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Moritz's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Moritz | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Moritz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Moritz splits its recorded history at 2004: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Moritz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Moritz by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Moritz's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Moritz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Moritz's data
- Moritz's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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 Moritz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Moritz 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.