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

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Peak · boys
1882 · 77 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,935
since 1880

Mose over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mose has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #176, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,13925
2024#6,46913
2023#4,61022
2022#5,21518
2021#5,77615
2020#5,45116
2019#4,23024
2018#4,91819
2017#5,52616
2016#6,05314
2015#6,32413
2014#4,26323
2013#4,46321
2012#4,68620
2011#4,98318
2010#6,35913
2009#5,80015
2008#5,06718
2007#6,26213
2006#4,37021
2005#4,82417
2004#4,60218
2003#4,42618
2002#4,18819
2001#4,30218
2000#5,04014
1999#4,76214
1998#4,41315
1997#3,06424
1996#3,10723
1995#3,55918
1994#3,75117
1993#4,22714
1992#3,74816
1991#2,19033
1990#2,37329
1989#3,44616
1988#2,68221
1987#2,72519
1986#2,29024
1985#2,50420
1984#2,61318
1983#2,57718
1982#2,05926
1981#2,03826
1980#2,05826
1979#2,10424
1978#1,96525
1977#2,00824
1976#1,64632
1975#2,20520
1974#1,83225
1973#2,60614
1972#1,36438
1971#1,49433
1970#1,65827
1969#1,25240
1968#1,13144
1967#1,06148
1966#1,32733
1965#1,42929
1964#1,31136
1963#1,10048
1962#1,09149
1961#1,36834
1960#1,17844
1959#1,09050
1958#1,02655
1957#1,11747
1956#1,08349
1955#99557
1954#1,02054
1953#88466
1952#74091
1951#71993
1950#75084
1949#80373
1948#72286
1947#79475
1946#71184
1945#64588
1944#4,0546#66288
1943#76872
1942#4,6225#611106
1941#75867
1940#68179
1939#75464
1938#62890
1937#3,8006#75166
1936#76763
1935#67878
1934#3,1598#70575
1933#60692
1932#3,9016#560111
1931#65982
1930#599103
1929#61597
1928#562118
1927#543129
1926#614104
1925#636100
1924#594114
1923#3,6418#65297
1922#513144
1921#5,0995#505150
1920#559122
1919#451168
1918#4,2916#483152
1917#549114
1916#483138
1915#490128
1914#3,6185#453112
1913#45191
1912#38699
1911#29780
1910#29171
1909#28363
1908#26265
1907#27856
1906#29348
1905#25958
1904#22370
1903#23958
1902#23859
1901#24549
1900#23075
1899#21959
1898#26844
1897#27243
1896#27045
1895#22062
1894#22259
1893#21563
1892#21368
1891#21455
1890#21957
1889#22057
1888#22362
1887#20755
1886#19469
1885#23350
1884#19668
1883#18265
1882#17677
1881#18463
1880#22552
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #176 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1953
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,476
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.8% of all boys named Mose (1,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s618#176 (1882)#204
1890s555#213 (1892)#233
1900s601#223 (1904)#255
1910s1,153#291 (1910)#433
1920s1,175#505 (1921)#579
1930s824#560 (1932)#671
1940s818#611 (1942)#716
1950s646#719 (1951)#942
1960s405#1,061 (1967)#1,225
1970s262#1,364 (1972)#1,888
1980s214#2,038 (1981)#2,499
1990s203#2,190 (1991)#3,519
2000s171#4,188 (2002)#4,888
2010s181#4,230 (2019)#5,181
2020s109#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 1937

girls
#3,800
6 births · 1 in 177,339 girls
boys
#751
66 births · 1 in 16,162 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #3,800Mose6

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #751Mose66
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 177,339 of them was named Mose, which outranked 22.9% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mose
  1. #3,434Zelpha7
  2. #3,434Zera7
  3. #3,434Zeta7
  4. #3,800Mose6
  5. #3,800Adria6
  6. #3,800Affie6
  7. #3,800Agripina6
  8. #4,255Aaron5
  9. #4,255Adair5
  10. #4,255Adel5

Tied with 454 names at #3,800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 16,162 of them was named Mose, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mose
  1. #742Ora67
  2. #742Reed67
  3. #742Terrell67
  4. #751Mose66
  5. #751Arlo66
  6. #751Dillard66
  7. #751Helen66
  8. #757Asa65
  9. #757Carleton65
  10. #757Dorsey65

Tied with 5 names at #751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937