How Many People Are Named Mose?
people named Mose are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 145,626 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,990 babies named Mose in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form of MOSES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mose (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mose alive today is about 53 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 33 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mose first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 168 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mose has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #176, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #4,212.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,212 |
| Best rank | #176 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #576 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mose alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mose were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 182 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mose was given 11.6 times as often in Mississippi, 7.7 times in Alabama and 5.4 times in Louisiana.
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