Moksha

Moksha was the #7,133 girls' name in the US in 2025 (15 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Moksha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Moksha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Moksha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,133 (15)#3,705 (6)#3,044 (6)
2024#6,167 (19)—#1,949 (11)
2023#5,752 (21)#4,057 (5)—
2022#6,984 (16)#4,646 (4)#2,835 (6)
2021#6,414 (18)#3,961 (5)—
2020#8,953 (11)#4,535 (4)—
2019#6,176 (19)—#2,374 (8)
2018#6,248 (19)—#2,344 (8)
2017#5,517 (23)——
2016#6,901 (17)——
2015#6,236 (20)#3,252 (7)—
2014#7,636 (15)#4,003 (5)—
2013#7,748 (15)——
2012#4,957 (28)#4,838 (4)—
2011#8,196 (14)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #4,957.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Moksha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 98,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 71,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Moksha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MokshaCanadaGirls#3,0446
MokshaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
MokshaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MokshaUSGirls#7,13315
MokshaUSBoys#12,0085