The name Morris is a variation of Maurice.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Morris has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Morris
Use of the Name Morris for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
67,866
14,719
2,741
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Morris has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Morris last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1994, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Morris
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
172
77
1881
145
87
1882
167
81
1883
164
75
1884
179
78
1885
136
99
1886
144
96
1887
136
95
1888
160
95
1889
126
112
1890
152
93
1891
138
97
1892
126
136
1893
135
113
1894
133
122
1895
132
125
1896
127
136
1897
124
132
1898
113
164
1899
139
116
1900
136
164
1901
115
146
1902
128
150
1903
110
178
1904
123
175
1905
115
188
1906
96
226
1907
96
260
1908
98
269
1909
94
305
1910
91
366
1911
85
476
1912
82
958
1913
90
1,072
1914
86
1,365
1915
93
1,656
1916
96
1,623
1917
99
1,628
1918
100
1,688
1919
101
1,655
1920
109
1,601
1921
104
1,671
1922
107
1,630
1923
113
1,554
1924
120
1,499
1925
126
1,399
1926
134
1,298
1927
143
1,220
1928
144
1,155
1929
147
1,097
1930
152
1,001
1931
154
986
1932
160
941
1933
166
860
1934
156
936
1935
159
909
1936
164
842
1937
170
856
1938
174
836
1939
165
932
1940
171
910
1941
176
866
1942
174
917
1943
181
911
1944
188
818
1945
193
772
1946
193
909
1947
200
1,000
1948
220
846
1949
220
832
1950
211
914
1951
217
895
1952
219
906
1953
235
839
1954
232
912
1955
245
821
1956
250
818
1957
272
773
1958
287
708
1959
292
717
1960
307
654
1961
299
664
1962
314
627
1963
326
588
1964
320
592
1965
331
518
1966
343
473
1967
370
408
1968
375
428
1969
398
398
1970
409
397
1971
420
367
1972
451
306
1973
478
271
1974
482
272
1975
517
241
1976
492
261
1977
547
232
1978
549
229
1979
584
215
1980
624
196
1981
578
219
1982
610
198
1983
628
184
1984
636
182
1985
612
204
1986
592
223
1987
668
188
1988
730
168
1989
708
193
1990
761
178
1991
750
184
1992
868
148
1993
877
148
1994
977
128
Totals:
67,866
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Morris as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Morris appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 115 times during the last 125 years.