Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Morse” in the USA?

Number of people named “Morse” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Morse” 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 “Morse” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Morse” by birth year

This chart shows how “Morse” 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
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%

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