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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 270,144 of them was named Mose, which outranked 14.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 756 names at #4,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 13,030 of them was named Mose, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).