Morton is an established boys' name that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Morton is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Morton was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (482 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,407 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,497 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,601 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,407 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,955 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,816 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,624 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,597 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,318 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,450 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,652 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,614 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #8,123 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | — | #9,152 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #9,062 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | — | #4,439 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | — | #8,128 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,474 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #5,016 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,382 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #6,146 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | — | #2,854 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,388 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | — | #2,738 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | — | #2,880 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | — | #3,763 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,783 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | — | #3,592 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | — | #3,742 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | — | #3,613 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | — | #2,058 |
| 1971 | 25 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | — | #2,592 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | — | #1,793 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | — | #1,768 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | — | #1,840 |
| 1966 | 30 | — | — | #1,417 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | — | #1,762 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | — | #1,457 |
| 1963 | 29 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1962 | 36 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1961 | 30 | — | — | #1,485 |
| 1960 | 32 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1959 | 32 | — | — | #1,402 |
| 1958 | 38 | — | — | #1,258 |
| 1957 | 40 | — | — | #1,241 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | — | #1,243 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1954 | 53 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1953 | 50 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1951 | 55 | — | — | #947 |
| 1950 | 55 | — | — | #931 |
| 1949 | 68 | — | — | #828 |
| 1948 | 62 | — | — | #871 |
| 1947 | 96 | — | — | #706 |
| 1946 | 94 | — | — | #670 |
| 1945 | 108 | — | — | #582 |
| 1944 | 94 | — | — | #637 |
| 1943 | 119 | — | — | #584 |
| 1942 | 118 | — | — | #569 |
| 1941 | 118 | — | — | #550 |
| 1940 | 132 | — | — | #504 |
| 1939 | 141 | — | — | #482 |
| 1938 | 198 | — | — | #403 |
| 1937 | 218 | — | — | #372 |
| 1936 | 275 | — | — | #327 |
| 1935 | 310 | — | — | #309 |
| 1934 | 310 | — | — | #309 |
| 1933 | 331 | — | — | #291 |
| 1932 | 402 | — | — | #272 |
| 1931 | 405 | — | — | #275 |
| 1930 | 367 | — | — | #300 |
| 1929 | 388 | — | — | #281 |
| 1928 | 371 | — | — | #295 |
| 1927 | 409 | — | — | #281 |
| 1926 | 443 | — | — | #269 |
| 1925 | 415 | — | — | #283 |
| 1924 | 471 | — | — | #261 |
| 1923 | 482 | — | — | #254 |
| 1922 | 460 | — | — | #263 |
| 1921 | 461 | — | — | #262 |
| 1920 | 435 | — | — | #262 |
| 1919 | 377 | — | — | #272 |
| 1918 | 402 | — | #5,358 | #267 |
| 1917 | 343 | — | — | #278 |
| 1916 | 320 | — | — | #288 |
| 1915 | 286 | — | — | #303 |
| 1914 | 233 | — | — | #292 |
| 1913 | 185 | — | — | #292 |
| 1912 | 137 | — | — | #316 |
| 1911 | 73 | — | — | #321 |
| 1910 | 40 | — | — | #435 |
| 1909 | 25 | — | — | #527 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | — | #484 |
| 1907 | 36 | — | — | #377 |
| 1906 | 31 | — | — | #392 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #445 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | — | #505 |
| 1903 | 12 | — | — | #686 |
| 1902 | 15 | — | — | #577 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #715 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #721 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #647 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | — | #624 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | — | #574 |
| 1896 | 18 | — | — | #493 |
| 1895 | 23 | — | — | #409 |
| 1894 | 27 | — | — | #354 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | — | #415 |
| 1892 | 27 | — | — | #373 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | — | #465 |
| 1890 | 31 | — | — | #314 |
| 1889 | 36 | — | — | #282 |
| 1888 | 53 | — | — | #240 |
| 1887 | 18 | — | — | #401 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #928 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #744 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #595 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | — | #859 |
| 1882 | 23 | — | — | #375 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #476 |
| 1880 | 16 | — | — | #456 |