Mort

Boy · recorded 1904–1956

  • 1956last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 1956. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mort.

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 1904

0203919041917193019431956

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

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 20 recorded years as a table
Mort, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190439
19149
19156
19169
19185
19198
19206
19215
19228
19236
19248
19255
19285
19306
19317
19329
19434
19483
19503
19562

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mort 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

More like Mort

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1956
5
Rank in 1956
#3,942
How rare
1 in 423,060 boys
Since 1904
129

Mort was last recorded in 1956. 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 1904, at 39 per million boys born.

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

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