Meaning and history
Morton is an English and Scottish given name derived from a surname and numerous place names. Most English examples combine Old English mōr, “moor” or “marsh,” with tūn, “settlement” or “enclosure,” though individual surnames may come from different localities. Its use as a first name preserves the surname tradition rather than a separate ancient personal-name meaning. Notable bearers include American composers Morton Feldman, an influential experimentalist, and Morton Gould, who also worked as a conductor and arranger.
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20072007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 5 births, rank #12,553
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2011: 7 births, rank #9,600
20122012: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2016: 9 births, rank #8,146
20172017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 5 births, rank #12,145
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825
Morton moved from #931 to #947 for boys between 1950 and 1951. Its highest annual birth count came in 1923, with 482 births.