Morris

girls:

483 births since 1911

#5233 (8th percentile)

boys:

70.8k births since 1880

#390 (92nd percentile)

overall:

71.3k births since 1880

#859 (89th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Morris".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
483
Peak Births
16
Peak Year
1924
First Recorded
1911
Peak Percentile
1.8%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#408
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
70,820
Peak Births
1,679
Peak Year
1919
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
82.0%
Current Percentile
11.0%
Peak Rank
#82
Current Rank
#811
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Morris

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Morris. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 81.3% confident that Morris is pronounced as MAW-rihs. The next most likely pronunciation is MAW-ruhs, at 18.8% confidence.

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MAW-rihs (2 syllables)
Verified
81.3% confidence
M AO1 R IH0 S
MAW-ruhs (2 syllables)
Verified
18.8% confidence
M AO1 R AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Morris. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Morris, please vote using the thumbs up button.

MAH-rihs (2 syllables)
5 names 142.6k births
M AA1 R IH0 S
MAW-rees (2 syllables)
7 names 138.6k births
M AO1 R IY0 S

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AO1 R IH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.