Moesha
Moesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 548th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1996426 births
- Best rank
- #548in 1996
- Since 1996
- 1,067people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,067 girls have been named Moesha in the United States since 1996, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 426 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 426 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 77%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Moesha was the 548th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Moesha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yamilexpeak 1996
- Jailenepeak 1999
- Dejapeak 1996
- Erykahpeak 1997
- Dajapeak 1996
- Jocelynepeak 1996
- Elexuspeak 1997
- Tatyanapeak 1999
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.