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 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 286,805 of them was named Moises, which outranked 25.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,318Zofia7
- #8,318Zora7
- #8,318Zorina7
- #9,307Moises6
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
- #10,677Aamanda5
- #10,677Aarthi5
- #10,677Abbagail5
Tied with 1,369 names at #9,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,265 of them was named Moises, which outranked 93.3% 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).