Moss
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 519since 1891
Moss over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Moss has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Moss! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Moss is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Moss in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Moss
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,826 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1901 at #943 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1891–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
- Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Moss (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 18.3% of all boys named Moss (95) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 11 | #943 (1901) | #1,192 |
| 1910s | 51 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,857 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,304 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,738 (1933) | #3,273 |
| 1940s | 22 | #3,130 (1940) | #3,322 |
| 1950s | 37 | #2,764 (1955) | #3,450 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,649 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,326 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 16 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,735 |
| 2000s | 48 | #6,436 (2009) | #8,787 |
| 2010s | 82 | #6,406 (2019) | #9,090 |
| 2020s | 95 | #4,886 (2023) | #5,752 |
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.
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