Morrison — #3599 US boys' name
1,817 babies named Morrison in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Morrison was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Morrison in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morrison
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,817 babies named Morrison between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morrison currently holds the #3599 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 81 babies received it in a single year. Morrison is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morrison performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 592 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Morrison shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Colorado and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Morrison in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morrison 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 1,817 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.
Morrison at a glance
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Current rank
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Morrison popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1911
- Peak year (2015)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 114 years of records
Currently ranks #3599 among boys.
1,817 total births across 114 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 81 births in a single year.
Morrison popularity over time — girls
128 total births recorded since 2003 (Morrison as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Morrison accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Morrison by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 592 births that decade — 33% of Morrison's all-time total
Morrison decade highlights
- Peak decade 592 births
- Runner-up 258 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Morrison's strongest decade
592 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Morrison by state
Where Morrison concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 136 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Colorado | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.3% |
136 of 1,817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Colorado 1.7% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Morrison appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1911–2024 (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.