Moxie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOK-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Moxie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “courage, nerve”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Moxie mean?
English: American English slang word
“courage, nerve”
The word comes from Moxie, a 19th-century American soft drink first sold as a nerve tonic.
Is Moxie a girl's or a boy's name?
Moxie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moxie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Moxie, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Moxie than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Moxie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moxie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
Names like Moxie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold Marlowe Jovie Palmer Monroe Maisie Ellie Meadow Miller Indie Journee Esme
Names related to Moxie
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Moxie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moxie, updated 20 October 2026.