Moises
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #587 for boys in 2025, 502 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 912 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 31,345since 1893
Moises over time
Rank among boys' names. Moises has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #587 | 502 | |
| 2024 | — | #523 | 568 | |
| 2023 | — | #539 | 549 | |
| 2022 | — | #577 | 508 | |
| 2021 | — | #526 | 558 | |
| 2020 | — | #508 | 568 | |
| 2019 | — | #452 | 663 | |
| 2018 | — | #464 | 624 | |
| 2017 | — | #416 | 750 | |
| 2016 | — | #478 | 642 | |
| 2015 | — | #478 | 626 | |
| 2014 | — | #462 | 634 | |
| 2013 | — | #506 | 538 | |
| 2012 | — | #450 | 603 | |
| 2011 | — | #431 | 632 | |
| 2010 | — | #424 | 652 | |
| 2009 | — | #389 | 780 | |
| 2008 | — | #373 | 825 | |
| 2007 | — | #366 | 862 | |
| 2006 | — | #345 | 896 | |
| 2005 | — | #355 | 835 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #359 | 781 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #350 | 797 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #335 | 818 |
| 2001 | — | #308 | 912 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #322 | 889 |
| 1999 | — | #343 | 779 | |
| 1998 | — | #371 | 691 | |
| 1997 | — | #389 | 614 | |
| 1996 | — | #403 | 580 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #396 | 585 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #401 | 579 |
| 1993 | — | #391 | 588 | |
| 1992 | — | #424 | 528 | |
| 1991 | — | #442 | 501 | |
| 1990 | — | #467 | 447 | |
| 1989 | — | #447 | 439 | |
| 1988 | — | #497 | 336 | |
| 1987 | — | #498 | 320 | |
| 1986 | — | #517 | 294 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #506 | 295 |
| 1984 | — | #488 | 296 | |
| 1983 | — | #496 | 289 | |
| 1982 | — | #505 | 283 | |
| 1981 | — | #471 | 311 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #500 | 285 |
| 1979 | — | #488 | 288 | |
| 1978 | — | #574 | 213 | |
| 1977 | — | #563 | 220 | |
| 1976 | — | #519 | 240 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #549 | 216 |
| 1974 | — | #564 | 202 | |
| 1973 | — | #635 | 156 | |
| 1972 | — | #715 | 126 | |
| 1971 | — | #727 | 129 | |
| 1970 | — | #759 | 118 | |
| 1969 | — | #773 | 101 | |
| 1968 | — | #748 | 98 | |
| 1967 | — | #765 | 91 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #789 | 88 | |
| 1964 | — | #812 | 86 | |
| 1963 | — | #803 | 89 | |
| 1962 | — | #822 | 85 | |
| 1961 | — | #859 | 79 | |
| 1960 | — | #870 | 76 | |
| 1959 | — | #893 | 74 | |
| 1958 | — | #907 | 69 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,090 | 49 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,157 | 43 | |
| 1955 | — | #988 | 58 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,311 | 33 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,074 | 46 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,055 | 47 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,090 | 36 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,040 | 38 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,090 | 38 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,080 | 41 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,129 | 38 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,057 | 43 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Moises! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Moises is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#500 · 1 in 9,616
- California#501 · 1 in 6,995
- Texas#515 · 1 in 5,760
- Illinois#655 · 1 in 16,463
Best ever in a state: #81 in New Mexico, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #500 | 17 | 1 in 9,616 |
| California | #501 | 25 | 1 in 6,995 |
| Texas | #515 | 18 | 1 in 5,760 |
| Illinois | #655 | 6 | 1 in 16,463 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Moises
- 64 spots since 2024 (#523 → #587)
- 79 spots since 2020 (#508 → #587)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#478 → #587)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1955 (#1,311 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1956 (#988 → #1,157)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 2001 at #308 (912 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1958–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,130 boys born in 2001 were named Moises (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,403 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Moises (8,395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,214 |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,449 (1919) | #2,381 |
| 1920s | 290 | #1,057 (1928) | #1,433 |
| 1930s | 293 | #1,040 (1935) | #1,271 |
| 1940s | 305 | #1,090 (1940) | #1,271 |
| 1950s | 495 | #893 (1959) | #1,081 |
| 1960s | 892 | #740 (1966) | #798 |
| 1970s | 1,908 | #488 (1979) | #609 |
| 1980s | 3,148 | #447 (1989) | #493 |
| 1990s | 5,892 | #343 (1999) | #403 |
| 2000s | 8,395 | #308 (2001) | #350 |
| 2010s | 6,364 | #416 (2017) | #456 |
| 2020s | 3,253 | #508 (2020) | #543 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Moises in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
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1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 21,138 of them was named Moises, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).