Morton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Morton

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,336 babies named Morton between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 482 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Morton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,308 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Morton in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morton 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 12,336 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.