Moeshia — girls' name
52 babies named Moeshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Moeshia was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Moeshia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moeshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Moeshia between 1996 and 1999, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moeshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moeshia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moeshia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moeshia 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 52 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.
Moeshia at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Moeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
52 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 24 births in a single year.
Moeshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 52 births that decade — 100% of Moeshia's all-time total
Moeshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Moeshia's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Moeshia by state
Where Moeshia concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 9.6% |
5 of 52 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 9.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.