Morrison
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOR-ih-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Morrison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Morris”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Morrison mean?
English: surname meaning 'son of Morris'
“son of Morris”
American novelist Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Is Morrison a girl's or a boy's name?
Morrison is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 48 boys in the US.
How popular is Morrison in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 boys.
Morrison in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Morrison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Morrison, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911. 6 girls were also named Morrison in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Morrison in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Morrison in the US were girls.
Morrison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,264 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
Names like Morrison
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Morrison: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morrison, updated 20 October 2026.