Morrell — boys' name
692 babies named Morrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
16% of everyone ever named Morrell was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Morrell in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 692 babies named Morrell between 1914 and 2017, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morrell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Morrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morrell 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 692 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.
Morrell at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Morrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1914
- Peak year (1919)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
692 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 17 births in a single year.
Morrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 110 births that decade — 16% of Morrell's all-time total
Morrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Morrell's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% 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, 1914–2017 (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.