Morse

Boy · recorded 1913–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Morse.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

0112119131928194219571971

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Morse, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191316
191421
191519
191613
19178
191812
191915
192015
192111
192210
19238
19249
192516
192617
19274
192810
192911
19309
19317
19326
19347
193610
19377
19385
19395
19404
19414
19425
19436
19483
19493
19503
19514
19534
19545
19553
19565
19573
19603
19663
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Morse isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
6
Rank in 1971
#4,375
How rare
1 in 294,741 boys
Since 1913
374

Morse was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Morse doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.