Morticia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mor-TISH-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Morticia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Morticia mean?
Modern: coined for The Addams Family, echoing the word mortician
Morticia is the elegant, gothic matriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Is Morticia a girl's or a boy's name?
Morticia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morticia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Morticia, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had more girls named Morticia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Morticia in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Morticia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
Names like Morticia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold, Xaria, Avaia, Xalia, Montserrat, Aria, Amaria, Soleia, Solana, Lucia, Ximena, Magnolia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Morticia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morticia, updated 20 October 2026.