Moshe

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Moshe is ranked 491st among boys in 2024 (626 births). Its best rank was 463rd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #491down 28 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6260.04% of boys
Peak year: 2023663 births
Best rank: #463in 2023
Since 1942: 17,266people given the name

Babies named Moshe, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

17,266 boys have been named Moshe in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 663 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 53 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 Moshe
1940s	82
1950s	343
1960s	390
1970s	854
1980s	1,505
1990s	2,253
2000s	3,591
2010s	5,162
2020s	3,086

In 2023, its biggest year

Moshe was the 463rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Moshe

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

Other spellings in the data

Mose7,905 ever

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.