Mossie
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 1919 at #4,168
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,051since 1884
Mossie over time
Rank among girls' names. Mossie has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
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| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
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| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | — | |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 | — | |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | — | |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Mossie! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mossie is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Mossie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1892 (#1,093 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 370 spots in 1913 (#938 → #1,308)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1886 at #693 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1907–1912
- Highest: 1 in 13,139 girls born in 1886 were named Mossie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 393,321 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 24.1% of all girls named Mossie (253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #693 (1886) | #853 |
| 1890s | 123 | #726 (1892) | #905 |
| 1900s | 180 | #777 (1905) | #883 |
| 1910s | 249 | #938 (1912) | #1,270 |
| 1920s | 253 | #1,341 (1921) | #1,687 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,934 (1930) | #2,738 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,339 (1945) | #3,394 |
| 1950s | 13 | #4,385 (1951) | #4,897 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,578 (1962) | #6,578 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mossie in 1907
Top girls' names in 1907
More about 1907
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318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 15,928 of them was named Mossie, which outranked 65.0% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #819Vincenza21
- #819Vivien21
- #819Walter21
- #840Mossie20
- #840Aurore20
- #840Berneice20
- #840Beula20
- #871Angelita19
- #871Annetta19
- #871Betsy19
Tied with 30 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.