Morrison
Morrison is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201581 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1911
- 1,945people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,817 boys have been named Morrison in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 81 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 128 girls have also been given it, 6.6% of the total.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Morrison | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 128 | |
| 1920s | 178 | |
| 1930s | 100 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 82 | |
| 1960s | 59 | |
| 1970s | 32 | |
| 1980s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 60 | |
| 2000s | 188 | |
| 2010s | 592 | |
| 2020s | 258 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Morrison was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Morrison
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Parkspeak 2023
- Abbottpeak 2016
- Juelpeak 2006
- Waldenpeak 2023
- Thayerpeak 2014
- Edisonpeak 2018
- Riverspeak 2020
- Jethropeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.