Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Morris

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Morris
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.9% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

1,679

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

94.9%

2024

All-time

70,909

Morris once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 1,679 boys were named Morris.

In 2024, only 86 boys were given the name.

Down 94.9% from its peak.

All told, about 70,909 Americans have been named Morris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.9% from peak

19181,679 boys named Morris

202486 boys named Morris

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