Moody

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1893 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
746
since 1882

Moody over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Moody has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #650, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022#12,3305
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1986#6,7215
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1964#3,2827
1963#3,0448
1962—
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
1958#3,0338
1957#3,0248
1956—
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1953#2,7099
1952—
1951#3,3646
1950#2,5809
1949#3,2986
1948#3,0107
1947#2,8628
1946—
1945#3,3385
1944#2,4679
1943#2,5639
1942#2,04213
1941#1,99713
1940#1,89414
1939#2,05012
1938#2,8687
1937#2,6808
1936#2,6298
1935#1,92914
1934#2,26611
1933#2,21411
1932#1,99514
1931#2,32811
1930#1,96415
1929#1,61121
1928#1,82218
1927#1,60323
1926#1,84618
1925#1,58323
1924#1,96417
1923#1,69621
1922#1,47026
1921#1,70321
1920#2,13115
1919#1,48124
1918#1,53923
1917#1,81517
1916#1,54921
1915#1,55320
1914#1,44118
1913#1,80310
1912#1,41712
1911#1,3877
1910#1,04510
1909#1,2776
1908—
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1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
1902—
1901#8587
1900#83610
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1898#1,0026
1897#8527
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1893#65010
1892—
1891#9635
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887#6798
1886#9595
1885—
1884#8486
1883#8925
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Moody! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Moody is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Moody
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1887 (#959 → #679)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1898 (#852 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1893 at #650 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,232
  • Highest: 1 in 11,232 boys born in 1893 were named Moody (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Moody (203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#679 (1887)#864
1890s28#650 (1893)#867
1900s43#836 (1900)#1,113
1910s162#1,045 (1910)#1,503
1920s203#1,470 (1922)#1,743
1930s111#1,929 (1935)#2,292
1940s84#1,894 (1940)#2,608
1950s45#2,580 (1950)#3,116
1960s26#3,044 (1963)#3,504
1970s0——
1980s5#6,721 (1986)#6,721
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s10#12,239 (2023)#12,285

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.

Moody in 1893

boys
#650
10 births · 1 in 11,232 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #650Moody10
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 11,232 of them was named Moody, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Moody
  1. #615Vernie11
  2. #615Wendell11
  3. #615West11
  4. #650Moody10
  5. #650Alford10
  6. #650Alma10
  7. #650Angus10
  8. #705Addison9
  9. #705Adlai9
  10. #705Barry9

Tied with 54 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →