NameTides

Moses

Moses was the #515 boys' name in the US in 2025 (583 babies), and #627 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Moses as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Moses as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Moses as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#515 (583)#627 (59)——#741 (36)
2024#500 (612)#678 (54)#535 (5)—#613 (44)
2023#546 (537)#843 (38)——#797 (31)
2022#514 (580)#679 (50)——#917 (26)
2021#512 (572)#650 (56)——#853 (29)
2020#493 (595)#640 (54)——#688 (37)
2019#509 (562)#607 (61)——#862 (27)
2018#492 (586)#511 (76)——#858 (27)
2017#473 (630)#563 (69)——#665 (38)
2016#460 (669)#558 (67)——#697 (37)
2015#468 (643)#629 (56)—#699 (3)#715 (35)
2014#482 (587)#513 (75)——#643 (41)
2013#463 (606)#538 (68)—#479 (6)#784 (30)
2012#539 (486)#606 (58)——#813 (28)
2011#513 (505)#602 (57)——#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #119.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Moses is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Moses by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #321WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #463NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #326ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #383CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #477TXFlorida: #602FL
Moses (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67617

Moses (boys): 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
MosesCanadaBoys#74136
MosesEngland & WalesBoys#62759
MosesIrelandBoys—too few
MosesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MosesScotlandBoys—too few
MosesUSGirls#13,2086
MosesUSBoys#515583