Moe — #9893 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Moe

The Social Security Administration has registered 724 babies named Moe between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moe currently holds the #9893 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 49 babies received it in a single year. Moe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 62 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Moe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 370 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 724 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.