Quick answers about Morton
How many people are named Morton?
An estimated 1,308 living Americans are named Morton.
How rare is Morton?
Morton fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Morton?
The median age of a living American named Morton is approximately 72 years, with most bearers falling between 57 and 82 years old.
Is Morton still popular?
Not especially. Morton has been declining since its 1923 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Morton most common?
Morton has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 5.3× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Morton is most concentrated in New York — about 5.3× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Morton is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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