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How popular is the name Moses?
Births per year, rank history and how many Moseses are alive today.
Moses (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 627th in 2025 with 59 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2018, when 76 babies were given the name, the 511th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2009, with 66 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 843 in 2023 before climbing back to the 627th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Moses include Moshe.
The Moses you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Moseses born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Moses - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Moses.
How many babies are named Moses each year?
Where does Moses rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Moses most popular?
Moses peaked in 2018, when 76 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Moses?
At least 1,700 people named Moses born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Moses?
Most living Moseses are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 9.
Is Moses becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.