Moisses — boys' name
12 babies named Moisses in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Moisses was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Moisses in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moisses
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Moisses between 1999 and 2009, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moisses currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moisses performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Moisses shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moisses in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moisses 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 12 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.
Moisses at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Moisses popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1999
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
12 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 6 births in a single year.
Moisses by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 50% of Moisses's all-time total
Moisses decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Moisses's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Moisses by state
Where Moisses concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 41.7% |
5 of 12 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 41.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 41.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1999–2009 (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.