Morris — #1859 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Morris

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,909 babies named Morris between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morris currently holds the #1859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 1,679 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morris performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14,141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Morris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9,300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Morris in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morris 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 70,909 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.