Morocco
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-ROK-oh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Morocco is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Morocco mean?
The country name, via Spanish Marruecos from the Berber city name Marrakesh
The Prince of Morocco is one of Portia's unsuccessful suitors in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Is Morocco a girl's or a boy's name?
Morocco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Morocco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Morocco, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005. 6 girls were also named Morocco in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Morocco than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Morocco in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Morocco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Morocco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Viggo Melo Indigo Juanpablo Ares Marcelo Ezio Cairo Santhiago Luca Marquez
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Morocco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morocco, updated 20 October 2026.