The name Moses is of Hebrew origin, and means son or deliver.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Moses has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Moses
Use of the Name Moses for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
30,955
15,497
9,278
4,405
2,492
960
468
The table below indicates the number of times the name Moses has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Moses
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
119
111
1881
131
93
1882
147
93
1883
157
82
1884
181
77
1885
179
74
1886
167
84
1887
147
87
1888
186
80
1889
171
78
1890
206
64
1891
183
70
1892
183
86
1893
179
81
1894
183
83
1895
206
70
1896
199
81
1897
202
70
1898
210
69
1899
183
77
1900
181
117
1901
240
52
1902
209
73
1903
188
86
1904
199
87
1905
217
78
1906
230
73
1907
211
91
1908
231
82
1909
201
107
1910
197
132
1911
229
126
1912
245
206
1913
265
208
1914
272
257
1915
297
289
1916
282
330
1917
280
339
1918
291
352
1919
290
345
1920
286
383
1921
286
382
1922
286
385
1923
288
379
1924
301
361
1925
308
341
1926
307
341
1927
321
321
1928
316
315
1929
310
318
1930
323
292
1931
316
295
1932
327
283
1933
320
279
1934
321
286
1935
344
257
1936
356
230
1937
324
278
1938
346
259
1939
353
249
1940
343
277
1941
357
270
1942
365
276
1943
356
294
1944
363
274
1945
394
231
1946
404
249
1947
407
281
1948
383
316
1949
394
288
1950
395
292
1951
381
315
1952
408
284
1953
437
265
1954
439
272
1955
454
266
1956
481
248
1957
474
269
1958
460
291
1959
474
272
1960
458
303
1961
500
248
1962
512
240
1963
543
212
1964
599
175
1965
503
229
1966
585
167
1967
575
172
1968
585
168
1969
572
188
1970
600
183
1971
578
199
1972
570
198
1973
494
248
1974
465
294
1975
422
341
1976
436
318
1977
451
315
1978
451
314
1979
417
361
1980
442
349
1981
435
359
1982
458
344
1983
457
331
1984
456
337
1985
490
312
1986
524
284
1987
510
309
1988
541
288
1989
534
326
1990
588
290
1991
560
331
1992
572
316
1993
543
357
1994
557
340
1995
599
294
1996
534
362
1997
522
388
1998
510
417
1999
489
452
2000
465
507
2001
456
526
2002
475
499
2003
497
492
2004
514
468
Totals:
30,955
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Moses as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.