Morton

Boy name

Morton has been given to 12,341 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1923.

Meaning & origin

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,341

Peak year

1923 (482 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

New / returning

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Morton.

12,360 babies since 1880

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