Morocco

Morocco is an attractive and rhythmic name, evocative of such fabled cities as Casablanca, Tangier and Marrakesh, in a country whose unique landscape and rich culture attracted such twentieth century writers as Tennessee Williams, Paul Bowles and William Burroughs.

Mike Tyson named his baby boy Morocco Elijah. Mariah Carey's son is Moroccan. From all African place names, this is one of the most appealing.

Pronounced muh-RAH-ko.

As of October 2026, Morocco ranked #7521 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5049 in 2017.