Recorded 1960–2012 Girls' name Peak 1990 207 births

Morrisa — girls' name

207 babies named Morrisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s161970s71980s471990s782000s542010s5
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Morrisa was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

16 babies were named Morrisa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Morrisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Morrisa between 1960 and 2012, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morrisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morrisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Morrisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morrisa 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 207 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.

Morrisa at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

207

Since 1960

53 years of records

Peak year

1990

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

1960

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2012

Morrisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1960

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (1990)
16
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
05101520 20122006200019961991198619801960 5

Morrisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
78 births that decade — 38% of Morrisa's all-time total
1960s161970s71980s471990s782000s542010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Morrisa?
207 babies have been named Morrisa since 1960. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 1990 with 16 births.
When was Morrisa most popular?
Morrisa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 78 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Morrisa been used?
Morrisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 53 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Morrisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Morgan, Moriah, Morgen, Morghan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1960–2012 (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.