Moses

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #515 for boys in 2025, 583 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#119
1880 · 111 births
Debut · boys
1880
111 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
43,291
since 1880

Moses over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #119, 1880boys
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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#13,2086#515583
2024—#500612
2023—#546537
2022—#514580
2021—#512572
2020—#493595
2019—#509562
2018—#492586
2017—#473630
2016—#460669
2015—#468643
2014—#482587
2013—#463606
2012—#539486
2011—#513505
2010—#502515
2009—#499544
2008—#490562
2007—#456606
2006—#440618
2005—#511481
2004—#495493
2003—#490504
2002—#463517
2001—#445545
2000—#457520
1999—#480463
1998—#503426
1997—#510402
1996—#530372
1995—#584306
1994—#551347
1993—#542359
1992—#562327
1991—#551340
1990—#587293
1989—#522335
1988—#530296
1987#9,8256#507312
1986—#523290
1985—#488315
1984—#456338
1983—#454332
1982—#457349
1981—#436360
1980—#443350
1979#6,6969#416366
1978#9,7505#452313
1977—#451316
1976—#434319
1975—#423340
1974—#467295
1973—#498247
1972—#569198
1971—#579199
1970—#596184
1969—#573188
1968—#581169
1967—#577172
1966—#586165
1965—#502230
1964—#599175
1963—#539216
1962—#512239
1961—#500251
1960—#459301
1959—#473275
1958—#459292
1957—#478266
1956#5,9525#484246
1955—#455267
1954—#442270
1953—#426273
1952—#413280
1951—#383315
1950—#396291
1949—#392292
1948—#383316
1947—#407283
1946#4,4176#404249
1945—#390235
1944—#366271
1943—#352301
1942—#364275
1941—#352276
1940—#343275
1939#4,2505#351250
1938—#340265
1937—#324278
1936—#356230
1935—#344257
1934—#321286
1933—#320280
1932—#325284
1931—#316298
1930—#325288
1929—#310316
1928—#316318
1927—#321321
1926—#307341
1925#3,3629#307343
1924—#302358
1923—#287381
1922—#284387
1921—#288378
1920—#286383
1919—#289347
1918—#289352
1917—#281339
1916—#280333
1915—#299287
1914—#271258
1913—#265208
1912—#244207
1911—#223128
1910—#197132
1909—#201108
1908—#23082
1907—#21091
1906—#22873
1905—#21678
1904—#19887
1903—#18786
1902—#20973
1901—#23752
1900—#180117
1899—#18377
1898—#20969
1897—#20170
1896—#19981
1895—#20670
1894—#18283
1893—#17681
1892—#18186
1891—#18370
1890—#20464
1889—#17178
1888—#18680
1887—#14787
1886—#16684
1885—#17674
1884—#18177
1883—#15682
1882—#14793
1881—#13193
1880—#119111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Moses was already there! It came in at #119, and was given to 111 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.

See more about Moses
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#500 → #515)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#493 → #515)
  • 47 spots since 2015 (#468 → #515)
  • Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1965 (#599 → #502)
  • Biggest drop: 84 spots in 1966 (#502 → #586)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #119 (111 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 995
  • Highest: 1 in 995 boys born in 1880 were named Moses (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,930 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 13.4% of all boys named Moses (5,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s859#119 (1880)#158
1890s751#176 (1893)#192
1900s847#180 (1900)#210
1910s2,591#197 (1910)#264
1920s3,526#284 (1922)#301
1930s2,716#316 (1931)#332
1940s2,773#343 (1940)#375
1950s2,775#383 (1951)#441
1960s2,106#459 (1960)#543
1970s2,777#416 (1979)#489
1980s3,277#436 (1981)#482
1990s3,635#480 (1999)#540
2000s5,390#440 (2006)#475
2010s5,789#460 (2016)#490
2020s3,479#493 (2020)#513

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.

Moses in 1978

girls
#9,750
5 births · 1 in 306,372 girls
boys
#452
313 births · 1 in 5,245 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #9,750Moses5

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #452Moses313
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Moses, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Moses
  1. #8,562Zoey6
  2. #8,562Zsazsa6
  3. #8,562Zuri6
  4. #9,750Moses5
  5. #9,750Abena5
  6. #9,750Abigayle5
  7. #9,750Abrian5

Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,245 of them was named Moses, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Moses
  1. #448Sheldon316
  2. #450Jerrod315
  3. #451Emmanuel314
  4. #452Moses313
  5. #453Sherman312
  6. #454Ira307
  7. #454Logan307
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →