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Morrison: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 48 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,490 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,490 in 1911; #2,705 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Morrison in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,705 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #1,490.
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Morrison: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 48 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,490 in 1911 · most boys in one year: 81 (2015).
In 2025, 48 US boys were named Morrison, making it the 2,705th most common boys’ name of the year, up 873 places from #3,578 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 32 boys named Morrison in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,490, reached in 1911. The most boys given the name in a single year was 81, in 2015. For comparison, it was #1,838 in 2015 and #2,397 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Morrison, making it the 14,379th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1,329 places from #13,050 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 7 girls named Morrison in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #8,783, reached in 2020. That year also had the most girls given the name: 12. For comparison, it was #14,027 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Morrison in 100 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1911 with 7 babies. In all, 2,001 US babies have been given the name, 6.7% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 656 babies named Morrison.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 581 US boys were named Morrison; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 78. In 2025 that was about 1 in 35,585 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Morrison ranked highest in Colorado in 2025, at #923 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 5 | #923 | #865 |
| California | 9 | #1,778 | #1,109 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,379 | 48 | #2,705 |
| 2024 | 7 | #13,050 | 32 | #3,578 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,870 | 51 | #2,599 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,953 | 66 | #2,211 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,087 | 58 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,783 | 53 | #2,456 |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,090 | 61 | #2,283 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,994 | 78 | #1,911 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,751 | 78 | #1,878 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,911 | 56 | #2,358 |
| 2015 | 7 | #14,027 | 81 | #1,838 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,928 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2013 | — | — | 45 | #2,653 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,079 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,982 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,974 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,382 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,839 | 30 | #3,619 |
| 2007 | — | — | 23 | #4,322 |
| 2006 | — | — | 33 | #3,286 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,326 | 21 | #4,289 |
| 2004 | — | — | 16 | #5,179 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,402 | 9 | #7,648 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #5,063 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,935 |
| 2000 | — | — | 11 | #6,190 |
| 1999 | — | — | 14 | #4,939 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,667 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #7,065 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #9,833 |
| 1994 | — | — | 7 | #7,503 |
| 1993 | — | — | 5 | #9,697 |
| 1992 | — | — | 5 | #9,374 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #7,033 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,710 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #8,127 |
| 1987 | — | — | 6 | #6,681 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #7,031 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #6,000 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,188 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,618 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,391 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #4,896 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,102 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,815 |
| 1968 | — | — | 7 | #3,578 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,451 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1964 | — | — | 5 | #4,438 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #3,900 |
| 1962 | — | — | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,651 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,769 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,460 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,912 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,912 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,329 |
| 1952 | — | — | 12 | #2,341 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,606 |
| 1950 | — | — | 11 | #2,397 |
| 1949 | — | — | 10 | #2,559 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,220 |
| 1947 | — | — | 13 | #2,222 |
| 1946 | — | — | 17 | #1,796 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,991 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,419 |
| 1943 | — | — | 11 | #2,361 |
| 1942 | — | — | 12 | #2,226 |
| 1941 | — | — | 9 | #2,594 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,615 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,368 |
| 1938 | — | — | 5 | #3,875 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,089 |
| 1936 | — | — | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,349 |
| 1934 | — | — | 12 | #2,215 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,196 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,416 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,675 |
| 1930 | — | — | 12 | #2,405 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,414 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,124 |
| 1927 | — | — | 18 | #1,929 |
| 1926 | — | — | 10 | #2,847 |
| 1925 | — | — | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1924 | — | — | 17 | #2,026 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,535 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | — | — | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1919 | — | — | 22 | #1,610 |
| 1918 | — | — | 20 | #1,751 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,060 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,743 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #2,036 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,218 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,645 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,699 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,490 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).