Moses
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #515 for boys in 2025, 583 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 111 births
- Debut · boys
- 111 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 43,291since 1880
Moses over time
Rank among boys' names. Moses has never cracked the top 100 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #515 | 583 |
| 2024 | — | #500 | 612 | |
| 2023 | — | #546 | 537 | |
| 2022 | — | #514 | 580 | |
| 2021 | — | #512 | 572 | |
| 2020 | — | #493 | 595 | |
| 2019 | — | #509 | 562 | |
| 2018 | — | #492 | 586 | |
| 2017 | — | #473 | 630 | |
| 2016 | — | #460 | 669 | |
| 2015 | — | #468 | 643 | |
| 2014 | — | #482 | 587 | |
| 2013 | — | #463 | 606 | |
| 2012 | — | #539 | 486 | |
| 2011 | — | #513 | 505 | |
| 2010 | — | #502 | 515 | |
| 2009 | — | #499 | 544 | |
| 2008 | — | #490 | 562 | |
| 2007 | — | #456 | 606 | |
| 2006 | — | #440 | 618 | |
| 2005 | — | #511 | 481 | |
| 2004 | — | #495 | 493 | |
| 2003 | — | #490 | 504 | |
| 2002 | — | #463 | 517 | |
| 2001 | — | #445 | 545 | |
| 2000 | — | #457 | 520 | |
| 1999 | — | #480 | 463 | |
| 1998 | — | #503 | 426 | |
| 1997 | — | #510 | 402 | |
| 1996 | — | #530 | 372 | |
| 1995 | — | #584 | 306 | |
| 1994 | — | #551 | 347 | |
| 1993 | — | #542 | 359 | |
| 1992 | — | #562 | 327 | |
| 1991 | — | #551 | 340 | |
| 1990 | — | #587 | 293 | |
| 1989 | — | #522 | 335 | |
| 1988 | — | #530 | 296 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #507 | 312 |
| 1986 | — | #523 | 290 | |
| 1985 | — | #488 | 315 | |
| 1984 | — | #456 | 338 | |
| 1983 | — | #454 | 332 | |
| 1982 | — | #457 | 349 | |
| 1981 | — | #436 | 360 | |
| 1980 | — | #443 | 350 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #416 | 366 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #452 | 313 |
| 1977 | — | #451 | 316 | |
| 1976 | — | #434 | 319 | |
| 1975 | — | #423 | 340 | |
| 1974 | — | #467 | 295 | |
| 1973 | — | #498 | 247 | |
| 1972 | — | #569 | 198 | |
| 1971 | — | #579 | 199 | |
| 1970 | — | #596 | 184 | |
| 1969 | — | #573 | 188 | |
| 1968 | — | #581 | 169 | |
| 1967 | — | #577 | 172 | |
| 1966 | — | #586 | 165 | |
| 1965 | — | #502 | 230 | |
| 1964 | — | #599 | 175 | |
| 1963 | — | #539 | 216 | |
| 1962 | — | #512 | 239 | |
| 1961 | — | #500 | 251 | |
| 1960 | — | #459 | 301 | |
| 1959 | — | #473 | 275 | |
| 1958 | — | #459 | 292 | |
| 1957 | — | #478 | 266 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #484 | 246 |
| 1955 | — | #455 | 267 | |
| 1954 | — | #442 | 270 | |
| 1953 | — | #426 | 273 | |
| 1952 | — | #413 | 280 | |
| 1951 | — | #383 | 315 | |
| 1950 | — | #396 | 291 | |
| 1949 | — | #392 | 292 | |
| 1948 | — | #383 | 316 | |
| 1947 | — | #407 | 283 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #404 | 249 |
| 1945 | — | #390 | 235 | |
| 1944 | — | #366 | 271 | |
| 1943 | — | #352 | 301 | |
| 1942 | — | #364 | 275 | |
| 1941 | — | #352 | 276 | |
| 1940 | — | #343 | 275 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #351 | 250 |
| 1938 | — | #340 | 265 | |
| 1937 | — | #324 | 278 | |
| 1936 | — | #356 | 230 | |
| 1935 | — | #344 | 257 | |
| 1934 | — | #321 | 286 | |
| 1933 | — | #320 | 280 | |
| 1932 | — | #325 | 284 | |
| 1931 | — | #316 | 298 | |
| 1930 | — | #325 | 288 | |
| 1929 | — | #310 | 316 | |
| 1928 | — | #316 | 318 | |
| 1927 | — | #321 | 321 | |
| 1926 | — | #307 | 341 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #307 | 343 |
| 1924 | — | #302 | 358 | |
| 1923 | — | #287 | 381 | |
| 1922 | — | #284 | 387 | |
| 1921 | — | #288 | 378 | |
| 1920 | — | #286 | 383 | |
| 1919 | — | #289 | 347 | |
| 1918 | — | #289 | 352 | |
| 1917 | — | #281 | 339 | |
| 1916 | — | #280 | 333 | |
| 1915 | — | #299 | 287 | |
| 1914 | — | #271 | 258 | |
| 1913 | — | #265 | 208 | |
| 1912 | — | #244 | 207 | |
| 1911 | — | #223 | 128 | |
| 1910 | — | #197 | 132 | |
| 1909 | — | #201 | 108 | |
| 1908 | — | #230 | 82 | |
| 1907 | — | #210 | 91 | |
| 1906 | — | #228 | 73 | |
| 1905 | — | #216 | 78 | |
| 1904 | — | #198 | 87 | |
| 1903 | — | #187 | 86 | |
| 1902 | — | #209 | 73 | |
| 1901 | — | #237 | 52 | |
| 1900 | — | #180 | 117 | |
| 1899 | — | #183 | 77 | |
| 1898 | — | #209 | 69 | |
| 1897 | — | #201 | 70 | |
| 1896 | — | #199 | 81 | |
| 1895 | — | #206 | 70 | |
| 1894 | — | #182 | 83 | |
| 1893 | — | #176 | 81 | |
| 1892 | — | #181 | 86 | |
| 1891 | — | #183 | 70 | |
| 1890 | — | #204 | 64 | |
| 1889 | — | #171 | 78 | |
| 1888 | — | #186 | 80 | |
| 1887 | — | #147 | 87 | |
| 1886 | — | #166 | 84 | |
| 1885 | — | #176 | 74 | |
| 1884 | — | #181 | 77 | |
| 1883 | — | #156 | 82 | |
| 1882 | — | #147 | 93 | |
| 1881 | — | #131 | 93 | |
| 1880 | — | #119 | 111 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Moses was already there! It came in at #119, and was given to 111 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.
Where Moses is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#290 · 1 in 2,396
- California#381 · 1 in 3,567
- Massachusetts#383 · 1 in 6,538
- Texas#404 · 1 in 3,569
- Colorado#420 · 1 in 5,035
Best ever in a state: #28 in Alaska, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #290 | 51 | 1 in 2,396 |
| California | #381 | 64 | 1 in 3,567 |
| Massachusetts | #383 | 6 | 1 in 6,538 |
| Texas | #404 | 41 | 1 in 3,569 |
| Colorado | #420 | 5 | 1 in 5,035 |
| New Jersey | #460 | 8 | 1 in 5,948 |
| Arizona | #493 | 5 | 1 in 5,443 |
| Florida | #511 | 13 | 1 in 5,878 |
| Georgia | #565 | 6 | 1 in 7,364 |
| Pennsylvania | #576 | 7 | 1 in 11,031 |
| Louisiana | #625 | 5 | 1 in 6,810 |
| Ohio | #691 | 5 | 1 in 15,098 |
| Illinois | #778 | 6 | 1 in 13,303 |
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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 Moses
- 15 spots since 2024 (#500 → #515)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#493 → #515)
- 47 spots since 2015 (#468 → #515)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1965 (#599 → #502)
- Biggest drop: 84 spots in 1966 (#502 → #586)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #119 (111 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 995 boys born in 1880 were named Moses (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,930 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 13.4% of all boys named Moses (5,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 859 | #119 (1880) | #158 |
| 1890s | 751 | #176 (1893) | #192 |
| 1900s | 847 | #180 (1900) | #210 |
| 1910s | 2,591 | #197 (1910) | #264 |
| 1920s | 3,526 | #284 (1922) | #301 |
| 1930s | 2,716 | #316 (1931) | #332 |
| 1940s | 2,773 | #343 (1940) | #375 |
| 1950s | 2,775 | #383 (1951) | #441 |
| 1960s | 2,106 | #459 (1960) | #543 |
| 1970s | 2,777 | #416 (1979) | #489 |
| 1980s | 3,277 | #436 (1981) | #482 |
| 1990s | 3,635 | #480 (1999) | #540 |
| 2000s | 5,390 | #440 (2006) | #475 |
| 2010s | 5,789 | #460 (2016) | #490 |
| 2020s | 3,479 | #493 (2020) | #513 |
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.
Moses in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 6,350 of them was named Moses, which outranked 93.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.