Moises
Boy · moy-SES · Hebrew
Moises is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “drawn out”. In 2025 it ranked 587th for boys in the US (502 babies).
What does Moises mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Moses
“drawn out”
Spanish form of Moses; Exodus links the name to Hebrew mashah, 'to draw out', though it may be Egyptian.
- Say it
- moy-SES
More on Wiktionary.
Is Moises a girl's or a boy's name?
Moises is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 502 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moises in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Moises in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Moises in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #587among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 502about 1 in 3,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 502 boys in the US were named Moises, making it the 587th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 508th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 912 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
2025 had fewer boys named Moises than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Moises in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moises in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 502 | #587 |
| 2024 | 568 | #523 |
| 2023 | 549 | #539 |
| 2022 | 508 | #577 |
| 2021 | 558 | #526 |
| 2020 | 568 | #508 |
| 2019 | 663 | #452 |
| 2018 | 624 | #464 |
| 2017 | 750 | #416 |
| 2016 | 642 | #478 |
| 2015 | 626 | #478 |
| 2014 | 634 | #462 |
| 2013 | 538 | #506 |
| 2012 | 603 | #450 |
| 2011 | 632 | #431 |
| 2010 | 652 | #424 |
| 2009 | 780 | #389 |
| 2008 | 825 | #373 |
| 2007 | 862 | #366 |
| 2006 | 896 | #345 |
| 2005 | 835 | #355 |
| 2004 | 781 | #359 |
| 2003 | 797 | #350 |
| 2002 | 818 | #335 |
| 2001 | 912 | #308 |
| 2000 | 889 | #322 |
| 1999 | 779 | #343 |
| 1998 | 691 | #371 |
| 1997 | 614 | #389 |
| 1996 | 580 | #403 |
| 1995 | 585 | #396 |
| 1994 | 579 | #401 |
| 1993 | 588 | #391 |
| 1992 | 528 | #424 |
| 1991 | 501 | #442 |
| 1990 | 447 | #466 |
| 1989 | 439 | #447 |
| 1988 | 336 | #497 |
| 1987 | 320 | #498 |
| 1986 | 294 | #517 |
| 1985 | 295 | #506 |
| 1984 | 296 | #488 |
| 1983 | 289 | #496 |
| 1982 | 283 | #505 |
| 1981 | 311 | #471 |
| 1980 | 285 | #500 |
| 1979 | 288 | #488 |
| 1978 | 213 | #574 |
| 1977 | 220 | #563 |
| 1976 | 240 | #519 |
| 1975 | 216 | #549 |
| 1974 | 202 | #564 |
| 1973 | 156 | #635 |
| 1972 | 126 | #715 |
| 1971 | 129 | #727 |
| 1970 | 118 | #759 |
| 1969 | 101 | #773 |
| 1968 | 98 | #748 |
| 1967 | 91 | #765 |
| 1966 | 99 | #740 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 |
| 1964 | 86 | #812 |
| 1963 | 89 | #803 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 79 | #858 |
| 1960 | 76 | #869 |
| 1959 | 74 | #892 |
| 1958 | 69 | #906 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 58 | #987 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,040 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,090 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,080 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
Nicknames for Moises
- Moi
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