Morton
Morton is a masculine given name which may refer to:Mort Cooper (1913-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher Morton DaCosta (1914–1989), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor Morton Downey (1901-1985), American singer Morton Downey Jr.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Morton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Morton is a masculine given name which may refer to:Mort Cooper (1913-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher Morton DaCosta (1914–1989), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor Morton Downey (1901-1985), American singer Morton Downey Jr.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Morton
Morton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 16 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1923: 482 births, good for #254 nationwide. About 35% of every Morton on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Morton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Morton
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About the name Morton
Morton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Morton's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #254. Use the chart and map above to compare Morton'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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