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.
Where Mose is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#291 · 1 in 2,778
- Mississippi#305 · 1 in 2,891
- Georgia#530 · 1 in 9,806
Best ever in a state: #84 in Florida, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #291 | 14 | 1 in 2,778 |
| Mississippi | #305 | 10 | 1 in 2,891 |
| Georgia | #530 | 5 | 1 in 9,806 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 36,138 of them was named Mose, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).