Moss — #5890 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Moss

The Social Security Administration has registered 501 babies named Moss between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moss currently holds the #5890 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moss performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Moss shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moss in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moss 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 501 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.