Moselle — #12160 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Moselle

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Moselle between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moselle currently holds the #12160 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moselle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Moselle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moselle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moselle 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 266 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.