How Many People Are Named Moshe?
people named Moshe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,565 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,038 babies named Moshe in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
728 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew 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 Moshe (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Moshe alive today is about 19 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Moshe first appears in the records in 1942, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 728 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Moshe has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #436, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #436.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #436 |
| Best rank | #436 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #545 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Moshe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Moshe were born in New York than in any other state: about 11,369 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Moshe was given 11.1 times as often in New York and 7.8 times in New Jersey.
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