Moises
Moises is ranked 523rd among boys in 2024 (568 births). Its best rank was 308th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #523up 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5680.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001912 births
- Best rank
- #308in 2001
- Since 1893
- 30,839people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,839 boys have been named Moises in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 912 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 462 → 523).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Moises | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 91 | |
| 1920s | 290 | |
| 1930s | 293 | |
| 1940s | 305 | |
| 1950s | 494 | |
| 1960s | 893 | |
| 1970s | 1,908 | |
| 1980s | 3,148 | |
| 1990s | 5,892 | |
| 2000s | 8,395 | |
| 2010s | 6,363 | |
| 2020s | 2,748 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Moises was the 308th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Moises
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Andrespeak 2007
- Nicolaspeak 2003
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Fabianpeak 2007
- Mauriciopeak 2008
- Rodrigopeak 2007
- Ronypeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.