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How popular is “Morton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Morton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Morton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Morton” 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 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 23 0.000103822 23 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 53 0.000176977 53 -100%
1889 36 0.000124591 36 -100%
1890 31 0.000102853 31 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 15 0.000038786 15 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 -100%
1907 36 0.000077354 36 -100%
1908 27 0.000055254 27 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 -100%
1910 40 0.000067715 40 -100%
1911 73 0.000113305 73 -100%
1912 137 0.000138655 137 -100%
1913 185 0.000162693 185 -100%
1914 233 0.000164508 233 -100%
1915 286 0.000156077 286 -100%
1916 320 0.000165425 320 -100%
1917 343 0.000170923 343 -100%
1918 402 0.000185159 5 397 -98%
1919 377 0.000178652 377 -100%
1920 435 0.000192253 435 -100%
1921 461 0.000197472 461 -100%
1922 460 0.000200947 460 -100%
1923 482 0.000209339 482 -100%
1924 472 0.000198185 472 -100%
1925 414 0.000177431 414 -100%
1926 443 0.000192952 443 -100%
1927 409 0.000176342 409 -100%
1928 371 0.000164091 371 -100%
1929 388 0.000176994 388 -100%
1930 367 0.000165071 367 -100%
1931 405 0.000192455 405 -100%
1932 402 0.000190405 402 -100%
1933 331 0.000165546 331 -100%
1934 310 0.000149267 310 -100%
1935 310 0.000148332 310 -100%
1936 275 0.000132366 275 -100%
1937 218 0.000102315 218 -100%
1938 198 0.000089489 198 -100%
1939 141 0.000063991 141 -100%
1940 132 0.000057324 132 -100%
1941 118 0.000048432 118 -100%
1942 118 0.000043195 118 -100%
1943 119 0.00004216 119 -100%
1944 94 0.000034943 94 -100%
1945 108 0.00004071 108 -100%
1946 94 0.000029418 94 -100%
1947 96 0.000026649 96 -100%
1948 62 0.000017958 62 -100%
1949 68 0.000019513 68 -100%
1950 55 0.000015699 55 -100%
1951 55 0.00001493 55 -100%
1952 44 0.000011585 44 -100%
1953 50 0.000012975 50 -100%
1954 53 0.000013314 53 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 -100%
1958 38 0.000009192 38 -100%
1959 32 0.000007696 32 -100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 -100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 30 0.000007717 30 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 -100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%

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