Morrison
#2,705 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Morrison has been given to 2,001 babies in the U.S. since 1911. In 2025 it ranked #2,705 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 81 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.
Babies named Morrison, 2025
1 in 69,100
Morrison over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Morrison over time
In 2025, Morrison went to 11% girls and 89% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Morrison?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 69,100
- 48 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 35,600
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,705
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 47,874 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Morrison sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 47,874 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Morrison. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Morrisons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Morrison was born before 2008 — so the typical Morrison is around 17 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 31.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 57.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,350
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 31.7% of all recorded uses (592).
Is Morrison 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
- +871
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −250
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −867
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.59×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 59.3%
- Peak was 2015 (81)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.0% average annual change
Spellings of Morrison
Morrison is not the most common spelling — Harrison is, with 54.7% against Morrison's 1.0%.
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.
Where Morrison is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Morrison was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 36,434 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Colorado1 in 8,333
- 2California1 in 20,000
- 3Indiana1 in 50,000
- 4Michigan1 in 50,000
- 5Wisconsin1 in 50,000
- 6Georgia1 in 100,000
- 7Illinois1 in 100,000
- 8North Carolina1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Morrison is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Morrison was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Morrison has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Morrison around the world
Where Morrison 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 & Wales2000–2016#4,023in 2016
- France1994–1994#3,020in 1994
- Canada2011–2023#3,103in 2023
- South Australia1994–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Morrison by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Morrison
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Morrison
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.