Moshe
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #435 for boys in 2025, 728 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 728 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,017since 1942
Moshe over time
Rank among boys' names. Moshe has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | #435 | 728 | |
| 2024 | — | #482 | 642 | |
| 2023 | — | #459 | 667 | |
| 2022 | — | #491 | 619 | |
| 2021 | — | #477 | 626 | |
| 2020 | — | #517 | 554 | |
| 2019 | — | #513 | 555 | |
| 2018 | — | #517 | 549 | |
| 2017 | — | #527 | 536 | |
| 2016 | — | #546 | 529 | |
| 2015 | — | #535 | 533 | |
| 2014 | — | #533 | 523 | |
| 2013 | — | #519 | 511 | |
| 2012 | — | #526 | 499 | |
| 2011 | — | #540 | 472 | |
| 2010 | — | #557 | 455 | |
| 2009 | — | #600 | 431 | |
| 2008 | — | #634 | 388 | |
| 2007 | — | #582 | 440 | |
| 2006 | — | #584 | 419 | |
| 2005 | — | #645 | 338 | |
| 2004 | — | #607 | 353 | |
| 2003 | — | #598 | 359 | |
| 2002 | — | #631 | 311 | |
| 2001 | — | #663 | 276 | |
| 2000 | — | #653 | 277 | |
| 1999 | — | #659 | 262 | |
| 1998 | — | #654 | 267 | |
| 1997 | — | #636 | 265 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #633 | 268 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #746 | 207 |
| 1994 | — | #710 | 216 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #751 | 194 |
| 1992 | — | #802 | 169 | |
| 1991 | — | #731 | 193 | |
| 1990 | — | #700 | 212 | |
| 1989 | — | #734 | 181 | |
| 1988 | — | #680 | 191 | |
| 1987 | — | #605 | 226 | |
| 1986 | — | #646 | 191 | |
| 1985 | — | #820 | 118 | |
| 1984 | — | #775 | 124 | |
| 1983 | — | #747 | 134 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #845 | 110 |
| 1981 | — | #775 | 126 | |
| 1980 | — | #871 | 104 | |
| 1979 | — | #805 | 117 | |
| 1978 | — | #786 | 116 | |
| 1977 | — | #834 | 104 | |
| 1976 | — | #803 | 107 | |
| 1975 | — | #886 | 87 | |
| 1974 | — | #882 | 84 | |
| 1973 | — | #948 | 72 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,050 | 59 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,091 | 56 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,047 | 50 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,253 | 36 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,548 | 26 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,259 | 38 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,120 | 46 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,547 | 24 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,683 | 20 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Moshe! It came in at #2,523, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1946, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Moshe is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#212 · 1 in 1,513
- New Jersey#445 · 1 in 5,819
- Illinois#875 · 1 in 16,453
- California#1,019 · 1 in 20,308
Best ever in a state: #22 in New York, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #212 | 80 | 1 in 1,513 |
| New Jersey | #445 | 8 | 1 in 5,819 |
| Illinois | #875 | 5 | 1 in 16,453 |
| California | #1,019 | 11 | 1 in 20,308 |
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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 Moshe
- 47 spots since 2024 (#482 → #435)
- 82 spots since 2020 (#517 → #435)
- 100 spots since 2015 (#535 → #435)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1986 (#820 → #646)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1961 (#981 → #1,179)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 2025 at #435 (728 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1973–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,346 boys born in 2025 were named Moshe (0.04%)
- 28.7% of all boys named Moshe (5,162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 82 | #1,754 (1949) | #2,499 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,026 (1958) | #1,375 |
| 1960s | 390 | #981 (1960) | #1,286 |
| 1970s | 854 | #786 (1978) | #923 |
| 1980s | 1,505 | #605 (1987) | #750 |
| 1990s | 2,253 | #633 (1996) | #702 |
| 2000s | 3,592 | #582 (2007) | #620 |
| 2010s | 5,162 | #513 (2019) | #531 |
| 2020s | 3,836 | #435 (2025) | #477 |
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.
Moshe in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 15,663 of them was named Moshe, which outranked 89.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #810Tyron120
- #818Kristoffer119
- #818Louie119
- #820Moshe118
- #820August118
- #820Randell118
- #823Britton117
- #823Christoper117
- #823Denny117
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.