Moe

Where Moe comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Moe
  • Japanese
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #917 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Moe Howard born
    American comedian and actor
  3. 1902
    Moe Berg born
    baseball player, spy
  4. 1904
    Peak, #612
    14 babies named Moe — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,091.
  6. 2019
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name; Diminutive of Moses and Maurice.
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Moe Howard · American comedian and actor, 1897–1975
  • Moe Berg · baseball player, spy, 1902–1972
  • Moe Herscovitch · boxer, 1897–1969
  • Moe Meguro · Japanese female curler, born 1984
  • Moe Amatsuka · Japanese AV idol, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.