Morse — boys' name
374 babies named Morse in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Morse was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Morse in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Morse
The Social Security Administration has registered 374 babies named Morse between 1913 and 1971, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Morse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Morse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Morse 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 374 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.
Morse at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Morse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1913
- Peak year (1926)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
374 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 19 births in a single year.
Morse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 123 births that decade — 33% of Morse's all-time total
Morse decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Morse's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1913–1971 (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.