Moishe
Moishe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 300.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201538 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1950
- 1,171people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,171 boys have been named Moishe in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 38 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2010s alone account for 22%.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Moishe was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Moishe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nikolaospeak 2014
- Rianpeak 2021
- Yusefpeak 2024
- Salimpeak 2023
- Faridpeak 2023
- Aminpeak 2022
- Shawpeak 2020
- Benzionpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.