girls:
75 births since 1955
#5641 (1st percentile)
boys:
30 births since 1995
#4556 (1st percentile)
overall:
105 births since 1955
#7634 (1st percentile)
The name Mori is the #7,634 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 105 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,641 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 75 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,556 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 1995.
Mori first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Mori is available in 17 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mori has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 46.2% of babies named Mori were girls.
For girls, Mori reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #782) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mori ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 76.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mori reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Mori is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mori".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mori. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.1% confident that Mori is pronounced as MAW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MOH-ree, at 8.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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