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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Morris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Morris” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Morris” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Morris” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Morris” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Morris” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Morris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Morris” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 77 0.000382164 77 -100%
1881 87 0.000451507 87 -100%
1882 81 0.000365634 81 -100%
1883 75 0.000345708 75 -100%
1884 78 0.00032038 78 -100%
1885 99 0.000411037 99 -100%
1886 96 0.000376005 96 -100%
1887 95 0.000384006 95 -100%
1888 95 0.000317223 95 -100%
1889 112 0.000387616 112 -100%
1890 93 0.000308559 93 -100%
1891 97 0.000338365 97 -100%
1892 136 0.00040673 136 -100%
1893 113 0.000347454 113 -100%
1894 122 0.000360211 122 -100%
1895 125 0.000356105 125 -100%
1896 136 0.000380437 136 -100%
1897 132 0.000380451 132 -100%
1898 164 0.000429933 164 -100%
1899 116 0.000341947 116 -100%
1900 162 0.000359794 162 -100%
1901 146 0.000422195 146 -100%
1902 150 0.000387865 150 -100%
1903 178 0.000466946 178 -100%
1904 175 0.000433721 175 -100%
1905 188 0.000443478 188 -100%
1906 226 0.000527482 226 -100%
1907 260 0.000558671 260 -100%
1908 269 0.000550497 269 -100%
1909 305 0.000596607 305 -100%
1910 367 0.000621285 367 -100%
1911 486 0.000754333 8 478 -97%
1912 960 0.000971599 960 -100%
1913 1073 0.00094362 1073 -100%
1914 1373 0.000969397 8 1365 -99%
1915 1669 0.000910814 9 1660 -99%
1916 1627 0.00084108 9 1618 -99%
1917 1631 0.000812757 7 1624 -99%
1918 1690 0.000778403 11 1679 -99%
1919 1673 0.000792799 13 1660 -98%
1920 1622 0.000716861 13 1609 -98%
1921 1677 0.000718354 11 1666 -99%
1922 1642 0.000717295 12 1630 -99%
1923 1565 0.000679702 7 1558 -99%
1924 1515 0.000636124 16 1499 -98%
1925 1410 0.000604294 10 1400 -99%
1926 1313 0.000571888 7 1306 -99%
1927 1236 0.000532906 10 1226 -98%
1928 1163 0.000514388 6 1157 -99%
1929 1104 0.000503613 14 1090 -97%
1930 1015 0.000456531 9 1006 -98%
1931 1003 0.000476623 13 990 -97%
1932 952 0.000450909 12 940 -97%
1933 878 0.000439121 10 868 -98%
1934 940 0.000452616 8 932 -98%
1935 921 0.000440691 13 908 -97%
1936 847 0.000407686 847 -100%
1937 866 0.000406445 10 856 -98%
1938 844 0.000381456 5 839 -99%
1939 936 0.00042479 9 927 -98%
1940 920 0.000399534 8 912 -98%
1941 886 0.000363648 10 876 -98%
1942 909 0.000332745 909 -100%
1943 927 0.000328425 14 913 -97%
1944 834 0.000310028 6 828 -99%
1945 785 0.000295901 10 775 -97%
1946 924 0.000289174 8 916 -98%
1947 1007 0.000279542 5 1002 -99%
1948 849 0.000245907 6 843 -99%
1949 843 0.000241909 12 831 -97%
1950 927 0.000264603 10 917 -98%
1951 903 0.000245131 903 -100%
1952 914 0.000240653 10 904 -98%
1953 842 0.000218494 8 834 -98%
1954 922 0.000231617 5 917 -99%
1955 837 0.000208464 7 830 -98%
1956 828 0.000200823 9 819 -98%
1957 785 0.000186809 12 773 -97%
1958 702 0.000169815 702 -100%
1959 730 0.000175566 6 724 -98%
1960 669 0.000161057 13 656 -96%
1961 672 0.000162229 11 661 -97%
1962 636 0.000157606 7 629 -98%
1963 591 0.00014931 591 -100%
1964 596 0.000153308 7 589 -98%
1965 519 0.000143155 519 -100%
1966 473 0.000136089 473 -100%
1967 409 0.000120475 409 -100%
1968 429 0.000126983 429 -100%
1969 399 0.000114809 399 -100%
1970 404 0.00011202 5 399 -98%
1971 374 0.000108963 5 369 -97%
1972 304 0.000096723 304 -100%
1973 269 0.000089165 269 -100%
1974 272 0.000089474 272 -100%
1975 241 0.000079817 241 -100%
1976 262 0.000086346 262 -100%
1977 233 0.000073351 233 -100%
1978 234 0.000073727 5 229 -96%
1979 215 0.000064623 215 -100%
1980 204 0.000059225 8 196 -92%
1981 220 0.000063595 220 -100%
1982 199 0.000056728 199 -100%
1983 192 0.000055438 8 184 -92%
1984 182 0.000052168 182 -100%
1985 211 0.000059118 8 203 -92%
1986 224 0.000062973 224 -100%
1987 187 0.000051864 187 -100%
1988 168 0.000045466 168 -100%
1989 193 0.000050202 193 -100%
1990 178 0.000045035 178 -100%
1991 184 0.000047237 184 -100%
1992 148 0.000038529 148 -100%
1993 148 0.000039254 148 -100%
1994 127 0.000034161 127 -100%
1995 113 0.000030856 113 -100%
1996 85 0.000023306 85 -100%
1997 87 0.000023995 87 -100%
1998 105 0.000028547 105 -100%
1999 112 0.000030321 112 -100%
2000 103 0.000027249 103 -100%
2001 82 0.000021905 82 -100%
2002 94 0.000025145 94 -100%
2003 112 0.000029456 112 -100%
2004 93 0.00002434 93 -100%
2005 80 0.000020807 80 -100%
2006 93 0.000023507 93 -100%
2007 109 0.000027266 109 -100%
2008 109 0.000027731 109 -100%
2009 121 0.000031674 121 -100%
2010 98 0.000026517 98 -100%
2011 86 0.000023511 86 -100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 -100%
2013 94 0.000025784 94 -100%
2014 112 0.000030218 112 -100%
2015 105 0.000028371 105 -100%
2016 103 0.000028075 103 -100%
2017 105 0.000029361 105 -100%
2018 107 0.000030433 107 -100%
2019 96 0.000027658 96 -100%
2020 99 0.000029636 99 -100%
2021 87 0.000025679 87 -100%
2022 91 0.000026898 91 -100%
2023 105 0.000031711 105 -100%
2024 86 0.000025837 86 -100%

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