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By Grace Royal · Sep 2026

Moses

OriginEgyptian
Meaning"delivered from the water"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Moses as a girl's name
US Rank#515

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About Moses

Variation of Moe

1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Moses ranked #515 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #119 in 1880.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#500#550'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#483586305.1
2015#468643335.5
2016#460669352.5
2017#473630340.4
2018#492586322.7
2019#511560312.1
2020#494594344.1
2021#512572327
2022#514577330.5
2023#547536313.3
2024#505603350
2025#515583341.3
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#413🔮 Future#515🇺🇸 US#633🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

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  • Moses Maimonides

    medieval Spanish philosopher and Torah scholar

  • Moses Mendelssohn

    German philosopher, "father of Reform Judaism"

  • Moses Malone

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  • Moses Montefiore

    Italian,British philanthropist

  • Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker

    American baseball player

  • Moses Soyer

    Russian/American artist; twin brother Raphael Soyer

  • Moses Mortimer Barrett III aka Petey Pablo

    American rapper

  • Moses Chan

    Hong Kong actor

  • Moses Amadeus Farrow

    son of actress Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen

  • Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (b. 2006)

    son of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and musician Chris Martin

  • Callum Ryan Moses Schweain (b. 2010)

    son of singer Kristin Swinford,Schweain of ZOEgirl

  • Rick Moses

    American actor

  • William R. Moses

    American actor

  • Joseph "Joe" Moses

    American comedian

Moses in pop culture

  • Moses

    a main character in movie "Attack the Block"

  • Moses Agency

    character in movie "Diamonds"

  • Moses Willow Jane Grace "Mosey" Slocumb

    female character in the novel "A Grown,Up Kind Of Pretty" by Joshilyn Jackson

  • Archie Moses

    character in movie "Bulletproof"

  • Moses Hightower

    character in the "Police Academy" Film series

Variations & nicknames

  • MoiseiBulgarian
  • MoïseFrench
  • MosheYiddish
  • MousaArabic
  • MosyaRussian
  • MaoisIrish Gaelic
  • MoszePolish
  • MusaArabic
  • MoszekPolish
  • MoisheYiddish
  • MoisesPortuguese
  • MoisseRussian
  • MóizesSlavic
  • MozeLithuanian
  • MoisisGreek
  • MoshehYiddish
  • MoiseyRussian
  • MoysesGreek
  • MozesArabic
  • MózesHungarian
  • MoysheYiddish
  • MozsesHungarian
  • MojzeszHungarian

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