Moishe

Boy · MOY-sheh · Hebrew

Moishe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).

What does Moishe mean?

Hebrew: Yiddish form of Moses

Yiddish form of Moses, the prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt.

Say it: MOY-sheh

Is Moishe a girl's or a boy's name?

Moishe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Moishe in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,286among boys
Babies in 2025: 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 27% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Moishe, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 boys.

Half of all the boys named Moishe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 25 in 20212025

Moishe in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	23	#1,286
2024	23	#1,263
2023	24	#1,247
2022	21	#1,364
2021	25	#1,200
2020	18	#1,462
2019	19	#1,412
2018	18	#1,486
2017	18	#1,490
2016	13	#1,909
2015	15	#1,693
2014	21	#1,308
2013	15	#1,636
2012	20	#1,342
2011	18	#1,433
2010	20	#1,342
2009	16	#1,507
2008	12	#1,810
2007	15	#1,540
2006	14	#1,487
2005	13	#1,522
2004	14	#1,348
2003	9	#1,723
2002	6	#2,106
2001	8	#1,690
2000	4	#2,612
1999	9	#1,451
1998	12	#1,180
1997	10	#1,319
1996	8	#1,506

How popular is Moishe in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,847among boys
Babies in 2025: 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 37% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Moishe, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.

2025 had fewer boys named Moishe than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Moishe in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1950Busiest: 38 in 20152025

Moishe in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	28	#3,847
2024	32	#3,522
2023	33	#3,472
2022	31	#3,615
2021	29	#3,736
2020	23	#4,271
2019	17	#5,336
2018	28	#3,789
2017	23	#4,327
2016	22	#4,469
2015	38	#3,021
2014	33	#3,295
2013	23	#4,178
2012	31	#3,447
2011	23	#4,219
2010	21	#4,516
2009	22	#4,427
2008	28	#3,741
2007	28	#3,685
2006	32	#3,304
2005	21	#4,193
2004	13	#5,807
2003	22	#3,833
2002	18	#4,316
2001	16	#4,670
2000	24	#3,417
1999	13	#5,029
1998	19	#3,704
1997	12	#4,954
1996	17	#3,824
1995	11	#5,118
1994	14	#4,284
1993	24	#2,859
1992	14	#4,106
1991	8	#5,934
1990	19	#3,160
1989	13	#4,011
1988	24	#2,432
1987	18	#2,834
1986	20	#2,598
1985	16	#2,939
1984	16	#2,823
1983	14	#3,070
1982	13	#3,281
1981	5	#6,260
1980	15	#2,964
1979	26	#1,991
1978	14	#2,928
1977	22	#2,131
1976	12	#3,093
1975	25	#1,883
1974	13	#2,797
1973	12	#2,855
1972	8	#3,620
1971	13	#2,685
1970	9	#3,280
1969	8	#3,313
1968	0	–
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	8	#2,980
1964	0	–
1963	7	#3,317
1962	0	–
1961	8	#3,095
1960	13	#2,313
1959	0	–
1958	8	#3,031
1957	8	#3,022
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	6	#3,450
1953	0	–
1952	7	#3,092
1951	0	–
1950	10	#2,437

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