How rare is the name Moshe?

13,574 people in the United States have the first name Moshe, about 1 in 22,251. It ranks #2,020 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MOSHE

#2,020

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,574
About
1 in 22,251
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,574 people named Moshe, 95.5% reported their origin as White, 2% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Moshe peaked in 2025, when 728 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
728
In 2025*
728
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 18,038 babies have been given the name since 1942. 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.

Moshe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #974. The largest share of babies named Moshe, 42%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#5,61482
1950s#2,945343
1960s#2,991390
1970s#2,140854
1980s#1,7141,510
1990s#1,5682,269
2000s#1,3603,592
2010s#1,1185,162
2020s#9743,836
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–806.4%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–1232.2%
2013 and later42%

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 Moshe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Moshe has been most common in New York (9.1×), New Jersey (7.4×), and Maryland (1.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.05×).

16,595 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 Moshe

#2,018 Marci · 13,577#2,019 Terra · 13,575#2,021 Elliana · 13,571#2,022 Gabe · 13,542

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Moshe, most common first.

#7,162 Mose · 2,151#13,083 Moishe · 933#33,205 Mosie · 250#42,623 Mosha · 168

Also a last name

As a last name, Moshe ranks #51,542 of 156,621, with 436 people. See Moshe as a last name

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