Moses

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Moses is ranked 505th among boys in 2024 (603 births). Its best rank was 119th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #505up 42 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6030.04% of boys
Peak year: 2016669 births
Best rank: #119in 1880
Since 1880: 42,685people given the name

Babies named Moses, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

42,685 boys have been named Moses in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 669 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Moses
1880s	859
1890s	751
1900s	847
1910s	2,591
1920s	3,526
1930s	2,716
1940s	2,773
1950s	2,775
1960s	2,106
1970s	2,777
1980s	3,277
1990s	3,635
2000s	5,387
2010s	5,783
2020s	2,882

In 2016, its biggest year

Moses was the 460th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Moses

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.