Morton
About Morton
An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.
Pronounced MOR-tun.
As of October 2026, Morton ranked #9404 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #240 in 1888.
Editor's take: The name Morton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "town near the moor".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Morton on lists
Famous Mortons
- Morton Feldman
American composer
- Morton Gould
American composer
- Morton Subotnick
American composer
- Morton Stevens
American film composer
- Morton Dean (Dubitsky)
American TV journalist
- (Sean) Morton Downey Jr.
American musician and TV talk,show host
- Morton Mower
American cardiologist and inventor
- Morton Kondracke
American political commentator and journalist
- Morton Howard
son of comic actor Shemp Howard from "The Three Stooges"
Morton in pop culture
- Morton Schmidt
character in movie "21 Jump Street"
- Morton
brand of salt
- Morton's neuroma
condition involving the nerves between the toes
- Morton
an old turtle in "Toad Patrol"