Moritz

#10,343 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Maurice

Moritz has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 1925. In 2025 it ranked #10,343 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Moritz, 2025

1 in 474,000

Moritz over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Moritz: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Maurice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Moritz means

Moritz is a form of Maurice.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Moritz → Maurice. The family’s meaning is “Moor; dark, swarthy”, recorded in English with the source elements Maurus.

Origin, language, and formation

Moritz is used in German.

Moritz comes through Latin Mauritius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maurice and Morris.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Moritz is pronounced [ˈmoːʁɪt͡s].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 142 boys were recorded with the name Moritz between 1925 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2000; its best national rank was #3,409 in 1946.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,410 in 2015 to #10,343 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Moritz?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,343; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Moritz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moritz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moritzs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moritz was born before 2004 — so the typical Moritz is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 43.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 63.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 121; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 43.7% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Moritz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,067; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2000 (11)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,409; 1946

Spellings of Moritz

Moritz is not the most common spelling — Fritz is, with 97.9% against Moritz's 2.1%.

Fritz97.9%6,683
Moritz2.1%142

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Moritz around the world

Where Moritz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2002–2019
#4,702
in 2019
France
1996–2015
#5,481
in 2015
South Australia
2007–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Moritz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,343
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #3,409; 1946
Peak year: 2000; 11 that year
First recorded: 1925
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 142
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Moritz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Morocco Mordche Moriah Mordy Mordcha Mory Morgon Morell Morrie Morad Morgun Moroni Morio Morten Morty Morry Morley Mori Moris Morgen Morice Mortez Morrill Mort

Sibling names for Moritz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydnie Gabriel Sydni Cydney Alysa Reanna Jacquelin Destiney

For a brother

Jarod Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Aaden Coty Brandan

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