How Many People Are Named Mortimer?
people named Mortimer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,975,635 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,943 babies named Mortimer in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
91 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "still water" in Old French.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mortimer in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mortimer alive today is about 62 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mortimer first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 91 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Mortimer has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #481, in 1882.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #481 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #635 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mortimer alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mortimer were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mortimer was given 9.1 times as often in New York and 2.4 times in New Jersey.
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