Morton
Morton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 240th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1923482 births
- Best rank
- #240in 1888
- Since 1880
- 12,336people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,336 boys have been named Morton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 482 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 482 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 35%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Morton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 191 | |
| 1890s | 199 | |
| 1900s | 213 | |
| 1910s | 2,391 | |
| 1920s | 4,335 | |
| 1930s | 2,957 | |
| 1940s | 1,009 | |
| 1950s | 438 | |
| 1960s | 270 | |
| 1970s | 144 | |
| 1980s | 73 | |
| 1990s | 52 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 32 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Morton was the 254th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Morton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilburnpeak 1926
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Elgiepeak 1918
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Merlepeak 1925
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Nortonpeak 1928
- Bernardpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.