Moises
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note 502 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
Boy’s name
What Moises means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Moises yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note 502 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Moises?
▼ 64 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #478 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 912 boys got the name (#308 that year). First in the US records in 1893.
How common
- About 1 in 3,403 baby boys in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in NE (1.13 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Moises is #587 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #587 | 502 | 1 in 3,403 | #478 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Moises were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 0 | 502 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 52 | 31,345 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 32 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Moses583 US · 59 E&W
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Moises
Boys
- Cole#182“coal, coal-black”*
- Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”*
- Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”*
- Caleb#58possibly “dog”*
- Kaleb#295“dog”*
- Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”*
For a sister
- Isabel#176“my God is an oath”*
- Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”*
- Hailey#104“hay + clearing”*
- Grace#38From the word “grace”*
- Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
- Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Moises’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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