Mose
Last seen for girls in 1944 at #4,054 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 52 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,935since 1880
Mose over time
Rank among boys' names. Mose 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 | — | #4,139 | 25 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,188 | 19 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,190 | 33 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,965 | 25 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,131 | 44 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,061 | 48 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,429 | 29 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,117 | 47 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,083 | 49 | |
| 1955 | — | #995 | 57 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,020 | 54 | |
| 1953 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1952 | — | #740 | 91 | |
| 1951 | — | #719 | 93 | |
| 1950 | — | #750 | 84 | |
| 1949 | — | #803 | 73 | |
| 1948 | — | #722 | 86 | |
| 1947 | — | #794 | 75 | |
| 1946 | — | #711 | 84 | |
| 1945 | — | #645 | 88 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #662 | 88 |
| 1943 | — | #768 | 72 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #611 | 106 |
| 1941 | — | #758 | 67 | |
| 1940 | — | #681 | 79 | |
| 1939 | — | #754 | 64 | |
| 1938 | — | #628 | 90 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #751 | 66 |
| 1936 | — | #767 | 63 | |
| 1935 | — | #678 | 78 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #705 | 75 |
| 1933 | — | #606 | 92 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #560 | 111 |
| 1931 | — | #659 | 82 | |
| 1930 | — | #599 | 103 | |
| 1929 | — | #615 | 97 | |
| 1928 | — | #562 | 118 | |
| 1927 | — | #543 | 129 | |
| 1926 | — | #614 | 104 | |
| 1925 | — | #636 | 100 | |
| 1924 | — | #594 | 114 | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #652 | 97 |
| 1922 | — | #513 | 144 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #505 | 150 |
| 1920 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1919 | — | #451 | 168 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #483 | 152 |
| 1917 | — | #549 | 114 | |
| 1916 | — | #483 | 138 | |
| 1915 | — | #490 | 128 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #453 | 112 |
| 1913 | — | #451 | 91 | |
| 1912 | — | #386 | 99 | |
| 1911 | — | #297 | 80 | |
| 1910 | — | #291 | 71 | |
| 1909 | — | #283 | 63 | |
| 1908 | — | #262 | 65 | |
| 1907 | — | #278 | 56 | |
| 1906 | — | #293 | 48 | |
| 1905 | — | #259 | 58 | |
| 1904 | — | #223 | 70 | |
| 1903 | — | #239 | 58 | |
| 1902 | — | #238 | 59 | |
| 1901 | — | #245 | 49 | |
| 1900 | — | #230 | 75 | |
| 1899 | — | #219 | 59 | |
| 1898 | — | #268 | 44 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #270 | 45 | |
| 1895 | — | #220 | 62 | |
| 1894 | — | #222 | 59 | |
| 1893 | — | #215 | 63 | |
| 1892 | — | #213 | 68 | |
| 1891 | — | #214 | 55 | |
| 1890 | — | #219 | 57 | |
| 1889 | — | #220 | 57 | |
| 1888 | — | #223 | 62 | |
| 1887 | — | #207 | 55 | |
| 1886 | — | #194 | 69 | |
| 1885 | — | #233 | 50 | |
| 1884 | — | #196 | 68 | |
| 1883 | — | #182 | 65 | |
| 1882 | — | #176 | 77 | |
| 1881 | — | #184 | 63 | |
| 1880 | — | #225 | 52 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mose was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2007–2011, when fewer than 19 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mose
- 2,330 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #4,139)
- 1,312 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #4,139)
- 2,185 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #4,139)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1942 (#758 → #611)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1943 (#611 → #768)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #176 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 79 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1953
- Highest: 1 in 1,476 boys born in 1882 were named Mose (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.8% of all boys named Mose (1,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 618 | #176 (1882) | #204 |
| 1890s | 555 | #213 (1892) | #233 |
| 1900s | 601 | #223 (1904) | #255 |
| 1910s | 1,153 | #291 (1910) | #433 |
| 1920s | 1,175 | #505 (1921) | #579 |
| 1930s | 824 | #560 (1932) | #671 |
| 1940s | 818 | #611 (1942) | #716 |
| 1950s | 646 | #719 (1951) | #942 |
| 1960s | 405 | #1,061 (1967) | #1,225 |
| 1970s | 262 | #1,364 (1972) | #1,888 |
| 1980s | 214 | #2,038 (1981) | #2,499 |
| 1990s | 203 | #2,190 (1991) | #3,519 |
| 2000s | 171 | #4,188 (2002) | #4,888 |
| 2010s | 181 | #4,230 (2019) | #5,181 |
| 2020s | 109 | #4,139 (2025) | #5,277 |
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.
Mose in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Mose, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,869Zelna7
- #3,869Zenia7
- #3,869Zonnie7
- #4,291Mose6
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
- #4,809Abie5
- #4,809Adalee5
- #4,809Addis5
Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 6,668 of them was named Mose, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).