How Many People Are Named Morris?
people named Morris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,500 people in the US has this name
Based on 71,483 babies named Morris in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,690 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Usual medieval form of MAURICE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Morris in English. Counting Morris and these spellings together, about 103,003 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Morris, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Morris alive today is about 59 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Morris first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 1,690 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Morris never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #82, in 1912, and it was in the top 100 in 13 years between 1906 and 1919. In 2025 it ranked #1,762.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,762 |
| Best rank | #82 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (1906 to 1919) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #126 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Morris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Morris were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,030 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Morris was given 2.4 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Alabama and 1.7 times in Georgia.
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