Meaning not yet researched.
Mortimer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #481 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #481 in 1882. No US babies were recorded with the name Mortimer in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #481 in 1882.
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Mortimer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #481 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 91 (1919).
Fewer than five US boys were named Mortimer in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #481, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 91, in 1919. For comparison, it was #13,417 in 2015 and #2,287 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mortimer in 89 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 1,943 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 645 babies named Mortimer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 24 US boys were named Mortimer; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 8.
The open nickname list we use links it to Mort.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #13,528 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #11,701 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #9,281 |
| 2019 | — | — | 5 | #13,496 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #13,417 |
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,509 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,414 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,103 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,805 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,806 |
| 1964 | — | — | 8 | #3,209 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,243 |
| 1962 | — | — | 5 | #4,452 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #3,933 |
| 1959 | — | — | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,332 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,461 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,121 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,103 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,330 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,605 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,287 |
| 1948 | — | — | 5 | #4,024 |
| 1947 | — | — | 12 | #2,324 |
| 1946 | — | — | 5 | #3,861 |
| 1945 | — | — | 5 | #3,632 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1943 | — | — | 11 | #2,362 |
| 1942 | — | — | 9 | #2,654 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,052 |
| 1940 | — | — | 12 | #2,153 |
| 1939 | — | — | 8 | #2,748 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,951 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,672 |
| 1936 | — | — | 15 | #1,856 |
| 1935 | — | — | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1934 | — | — | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1933 | — | — | 16 | #1,809 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,625 |
| 1930 | — | — | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,070 |
| 1928 | — | — | 47 | #1,016 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,094 |
| 1926 | — | — | 48 | #1,004 |
| 1925 | — | — | 58 | #887 |
| 1924 | — | — | 62 | #879 |
| 1923 | — | — | 71 | #790 |
| 1922 | — | — | 79 | #745 |
| 1921 | — | — | 83 | #727 |
| 1920 | — | — | 70 | #803 |
| 1919 | — | — | 91 | #644 |
| 1918 | — | — | 88 | #662 |
| 1917 | — | — | 83 | #658 |
| 1916 | — | — | 91 | #613 |
| 1915 | — | — | 76 | #669 |
| 1914 | — | — | 75 | #582 |
| 1913 | — | — | 57 | #585 |
| 1912 | — | — | 55 | #542 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #782 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,023 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,059 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #1,000 |
| 1907 | — | — | 17 | #627 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #900 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #729 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #674 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,249 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #994 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #714 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,267 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #693 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #693 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #910 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #618 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #846 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #556 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #693 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #517 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #855 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #797 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #724 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #501 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #595 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #646 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #625 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #481 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #553 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #552 |
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).