Boys' name · since 1915
Morrie
Morrie has 330 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 330
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Morrie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 330 have been recorded since 1915.
Morrie has 330 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 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2024.
- #10,085 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 330 born since 1915
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Morrie ranks #10,085 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 330 born since 1915, peaking in the 1940s.
- #10,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 330
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Morrie's 330 recorded births place it above 77.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Morrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Morrie's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Morrie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2024
- Peak year (1962)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Morrie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (73 births, 22% of the file).
1940s was Morrie's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Morrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
56 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
73 births
- 1950s
1950s
70 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 73 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Morrie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (73 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 Morrie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1915–2024 (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 Morrie 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.