Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Mortimer

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

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,943

Mortimer is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 91 boys were named Mortimer.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

All told, about 1,943 Americans have been named Mortimer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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