Moritz — boys' name

What the Data Says About Moritz

The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Moritz between 1925 and 2017, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moritz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moritz performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Moritz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moritz 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 135 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.