Moss
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Moss is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “moss; peat bog”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Moss mean?
English: English word and surname
“moss; peat bog”
As an English surname, Moss came both from a medieval form of Moses and from Old English mos, 'bog'.
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Is Moss a girl's or a boy's name?
Moss is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moss in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Moss, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Moss in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Moss in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Moss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Moss, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the boys named Moss in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
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