Moses
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Moses is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “drawn out of the water”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the UK (59 babies) and 515th for boys in the US (583 babies).
What does Moses mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew Mosheh, possibly from an Egyptian word for son
“drawn out of the water”
Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments; he is honoured as the prophet Musa in Islam.
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Is Moses a girl's or a boy's name?
Moses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 583 boys in the US.
How popular is Moses in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were named Moses, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 78 boys.
Half of all the boys named Moses in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales.
Moses in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #675 |
| 2024 | 59 | #687 |
| 2023 | 40 | #874 |
| 2022 | 52 | #722 |
| 2021 | 56 | #707 |
| 2020 | 56 | #685 |
| 2019 | 61 | #650 |
| 2018 | 78 | #553 |
| 2017 | 71 | #598 |
| 2016 | 69 | #600 |
| 2015 | 58 | #667 |
| 2014 | 76 | #555 |
| 2013 | 70 | #567 |
| 2012 | 58 | #658 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 67 | #569 |
| 2009 | 67 | #561 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 67 | #513 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 31 | #656 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 30 | #654 |
| 1998 | 38 | #550 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Moses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #515among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 583about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 583 boys in the US were named Moses, making it the 515th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 493rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 669 boys. 6 girls were also named Moses in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Moses in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 583 | #515 |
| 2024 | 612 | #500 |
| 2023 | 537 | #546 |
| 2022 | 580 | #514 |
| 2021 | 572 | #512 |
| 2020 | 595 | #493 |
| 2019 | 562 | #509 |
| 2018 | 586 | #492 |
| 2017 | 630 | #473 |
| 2016 | 669 | #460 |
| 2015 | 643 | #468 |
| 2014 | 587 | #482 |
| 2013 | 606 | #463 |
| 2012 | 486 | #539 |
| 2011 | 505 | #513 |
| 2010 | 515 | #502 |
| 2009 | 544 | #499 |
| 2008 | 562 | #490 |
| 2007 | 606 | #456 |
| 2006 | 618 | #440 |
| 2005 | 481 | #511 |
| 2004 | 493 | #495 |
| 2003 | 504 | #490 |
| 2002 | 517 | #463 |
| 2001 | 545 | #445 |
| 2000 | 520 | #457 |
| 1999 | 463 | #480 |
| 1998 | 426 | #503 |
| 1997 | 402 | #510 |
| 1996 | 372 | #530 |
| 1995 | 306 | #583 |
| 1994 | 347 | #550 |
| 1993 | 359 | #542 |
| 1992 | 327 | #561 |
| 1991 | 340 | #551 |
| 1990 | 293 | #586 |
| 1989 | 335 | #521 |
| 1988 | 296 | #530 |
| 1987 | 312 | #507 |
| 1986 | 290 | #523 |
| 1985 | 315 | #488 |
| 1984 | 338 | #456 |
| 1983 | 332 | #454 |
| 1982 | 349 | #457 |
| 1981 | 360 | #436 |
| 1980 | 350 | #443 |
| 1979 | 366 | #416 |
| 1978 | 313 | #452 |
| 1977 | 316 | #451 |
| 1976 | 319 | #434 |
| 1975 | 340 | #423 |
| 1974 | 295 | #467 |
| 1973 | 247 | #498 |
| 1972 | 198 | #569 |
| 1971 | 199 | #579 |
| 1970 | 184 | #596 |
| 1969 | 188 | #573 |
| 1968 | 169 | #581 |
| 1967 | 172 | #577 |
| 1966 | 165 | #586 |
| 1965 | 230 | #502 |
| 1964 | 175 | #599 |
| 1963 | 216 | #539 |
| 1962 | 239 | #512 |
| 1961 | 251 | #500 |
| 1960 | 301 | #459 |
| 1959 | 275 | #473 |
| 1958 | 292 | #459 |
| 1957 | 266 | #477 |
| 1956 | 246 | #483 |
| 1955 | 267 | #454 |
| 1954 | 270 | #441 |
| 1953 | 273 | #425 |
| 1952 | 280 | #412 |
| 1951 | 315 | #382 |
| 1950 | 291 | #395 |
| 1949 | 292 | #392 |
| 1948 | 316 | #383 |
| 1947 | 283 | #407 |
| 1946 | 249 | #404 |
| 1945 | 235 | #390 |
| 1944 | 271 | #366 |
| 1943 | 301 | #352 |
| 1942 | 275 | #364 |
| 1941 | 276 | #352 |
| 1940 | 275 | #343 |
| 1939 | 250 | #351 |
| 1938 | 265 | #340 |
| 1937 | 278 | #324 |
| 1936 | 230 | #356 |
| 1935 | 257 | #344 |
| 1934 | 286 | #321 |
| 1933 | 280 | #320 |
| 1932 | 284 | #325 |
| 1931 | 298 | #316 |
| 1930 | 288 | #325 |
| 1929 | 316 | #310 |
| 1928 | 318 | #316 |
| 1927 | 321 | #321 |
| 1926 | 341 | #307 |
| 1925 | 343 | #307 |
| 1924 | 358 | #302 |
| 1923 | 381 | #287 |
| 1922 | 387 | #284 |
| 1921 | 378 | #288 |
| 1920 | 383 | #286 |
| 1919 | 347 | #289 |
| 1918 | 352 | #289 |
| 1917 | 339 | #281 |
| 1916 | 333 | #280 |
| 1915 | 287 | #299 |
| 1914 | 258 | #271 |
| 1913 | 208 | #265 |
| 1912 | 207 | #244 |
| 1911 | 128 | #223 |
| 1910 | 132 | #197 |
| 1909 | 108 | #201 |
| 1908 | 82 | #230 |
| 1907 | 91 | #210 |
| 1906 | 73 | #228 |
| 1905 | 78 | #216 |
| 1904 | 87 | #198 |
| 1903 | 86 | #187 |
| 1902 | 73 | #209 |
| 1901 | 52 | #237 |
| 1900 | 117 | #180 |
| 1899 | 77 | #183 |
| 1898 | 69 | #209 |
| 1897 | 70 | #201 |
| 1896 | 81 | #199 |
| 1895 | 70 | #206 |
| 1894 | 83 | #182 |
| 1893 | 81 | #176 |
| 1892 | 86 | #181 |
| 1891 | 70 | #183 |
| 1890 | 64 | #204 |
| 1889 | 78 | #171 |
| 1888 | 80 | #186 |
| 1887 | 87 | #147 |
| 1886 | 84 | #166 |
| 1885 | 74 | #176 |
| 1884 | 77 | #181 |
| 1883 | 82 | #156 |
| 1882 | 93 | #147 |
| 1881 | 93 | #131 |
| 1880 | 111 | #119 |
Nicknames for Moses
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