Mort

Boys' name

Short form of Morton

Mort has been given to 129 babies in the U.S. since 1904. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Mort, 1956

1 in 824,000

Mort 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mort: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Morton

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mort means

Mort is a short form of Morton.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mort is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹt/ and /ˈmɔːt/ for Mort.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Mort → Morton. The family’s meaning is “moor, marsh + settlement”, recorded in English with the source elements mōr and tūn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Morton and Mortimer.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Mort is pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)t/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 129 boys were recorded with the name Mort between 1904 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1922; its best national rank was #1,342 in 1904.

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.

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How common is Mort?

Mort had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1956: 1 in 824,000; 5 of 4,122,003 births
Among boys only: 1 in 423,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1956: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 571,432 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mort 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 1956 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 571,432 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mort. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Morts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mort was born before 1923 — so the typical Mort is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 37.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 23.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Mort 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: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1922 (9)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,342; 1904

Spellings of Mort

Mort is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 64.9% against Mort's <0.01%.

Mark64.9%1,362,176
Marc6.7%140,604
Cory6.1%127,179
Kurt4.1%85,858
Rory1.7%35,841
Bert1.6%33,585
Marty1.5%32,180
Colt1.3%27,869

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.

Mort by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,342; 1904
Peak year: 1922; 9 that year
First recorded: 1904
Last recorded: 1956
All-time count: 129
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mort

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

Mory Mori Mordy Moritz Morio Morad Morty Morry Morocco Kort Moris Moran Moriah Mordcha Morgon Morse Mordche Morey Morell Morrie Morgun Morten Moroni Cort

Sibling names for Mort

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

Albertha Bethel Verla Lorine Elvera Rubie Tressie Filomena

For a brother

Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton Elden Cletus Elroy Columbus

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