Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Morton

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1923

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

482

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

12,336

Morton is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 482 boys were named Morton.

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

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 12,336 Americans have been named Morton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1923

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