Morris

“Variant of Maurice — Dark-skinned; a Moor” — Latin origin

Boy's name · #1762 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Morris is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1912, when it ranked #82. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 71,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1762 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Northeast today.

Around the world: #28 in Netherlands (2025) · #79 in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Morrises

Morris — Belgian comics artist (1923-2001)
Morris Swadesh — American linguist (1909–1967)
Morris West — Australian writer (1916-1999)
Morris Chestnut — American actor
Morris Travers — English chemist (1872–1961)

In stories & tradition

Morris (Moe Szyslak) — The Simpsons
Morris (Hydro-Man) — The Amazing Spider-Man
Morris (Moe Greene) — The Godfather

What Morrises become

Among 601 notable people named Morris:

Business leaders appear 2.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Morris Chang, American businessperson (born 1931).

Similar names: Maurice · Chester · Monte · Cecil · Paris · Virgil

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