Moesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-EE-sha
- Origin
- Modern
Moesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Moesha mean?
Modern: modern African American coinage
Made widely known by the US sitcom Moesha (1996–2001), named after its title character.
Is Moesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Moesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Moesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Moesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Moesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 426 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Moesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 211 | #942 |
| 1996 | 426 | #547 |
Names like Moesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madiha Maliha Maha Fariha Habiba Hiba Halima Tanisha Sabiha Fabiha Nabiha Samira
Names related to Moesha
Myesha Miesha Meesha Mayesha Meisha Myiesha Mesha Mesa Myeisha
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Moesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moesha, updated 20 October 2026.