Moritz
Moritz is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include:
- German
Meaning & Origin of Moritz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Moritz is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Moritz
The earliest SSA record of Moritz as a baby boy name dates back to 1925, when 5 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Moritz — #5,920 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Moritz on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Moritz last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 135 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Moritz
Moritz is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 135 births in the dataset. Moritz's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #5,920. Use the chart and map above to compare Moritz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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