Morse Popularity by Year

Follow Morse across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Morse birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
1971	Boys	6	#4,375	Down 427 places
1966	Boys	5	#3,948	Down 611 places
1960	Boys	7	#3,337	Up 215 places
1957	Boys	6	#3,552	Down 1,055 places
1956	Boys	11	#2,497	Up 704 places
1955	Boys	7	#3,201	Down 609 places
1954	Boys	10	#2,592	Up 313 places
1953	Boys	8	#2,905	Down 61 places
1951	Boys	8	#2,844	Up 837 places
1950	Boys	5	#3,681	Down 383 places
1949	Boys	6	#3,298	Up 18 places
1948	Boys	6	#3,316	Down 584 places
1943	Boys	8	#2,732	Up 208 places
1942	Boys	7	#2,940	Up 565 places
1941	Boys	5	#3,505	Down 46 places
1940	Boys	5	#3,459	Up 21 places
1939	Boys	5	#3,480	Up 54 places
1938	Boys	5	#3,534	Down 629 places
1937	Boys	7	#2,905	Down 604 places
1936	Boys	10	#2,301	Up 672 places
1934	Boys	7	#2,973	Up 388 places
1932	Boys	6	#3,361	Down 266 places
1931	Boys	7	#3,095	Down 486 places
1930	Boys	10	#2,609	Down 292 places
1929	Boys	12	#2,317	Up 205 places
1928	Boys	11	#2,522	Up 1,688 places
1927	Boys	5	#4,210	Down 2,423 places
1926	Boys	19	#1,787	Up 83 places
1925	Boys	18	#1,870	Up 952 places
1924	Boys	10	#2,822	Up 128 places
1923	Boys	9	#2,950	Down 320 places
1922	Boys	11	#2,630	Down 128 places
1921	Boys	12	#2,502	Down 450 places
1920	Boys	16	#2,052	Up 11 places
1919	Boys	15	#2,063	Up 335 places
1918	Boys	12	#2,398	Up 819 places
1917	Boys	7	#3,217	Down 958 places
1916	Boys	12	#2,259	Down 477 places
1915	Boys	16	#1,782	Down 95 places
1914	Boys	14	#1,687	Up 405 places
1913	Boys	8	#2,092	—