How Many People Are Named Moss?
people named Moss are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,064,750 people in the US has this name
Based on 519 babies named Moss in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval form of MOSES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Moss in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Moss alive today is about 24 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Moss first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 2023, to 20 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Moss has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,024, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #5,332.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,332 |
| Best rank | #1,024 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,729 in the 2020s |
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