Moody — boys' name

What the Data Says About Moody

The Social Security Administration has registered 746 babies named Moody between 1882 and 2023, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moody currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moody performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Moody shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Moody in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moody 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 746 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.