first name
MOISES
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 41,184 people named Moises, 95.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as White and 1.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Moises peaked in 2001, when 912 babies got the name.
At least 31,397 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Moises by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #730. The largest share of babies named Moises, 39.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Moises is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Moises has been most common in California (3.8×), Nevada (3.7×), and Texas (2.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).
28,828 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Moises
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Moises, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Moises ranks #31,622 of 156,621, with 784 people. See Moises as a last name
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