Mossie — girls' name
1,051 babies named Mossie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Mossie was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Mossie in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mossie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,051 babies named Mossie between 1884 and 1962, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mossie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mossie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mossie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Mossie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mossie 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 1,051 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.
Mossie at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mossie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1884
- Peak year (1921)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
1,051 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 35 births in a single year.
Mossie popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Mossie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mossie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mossie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 253 births that decade — 24% of Mossie's all-time total
Mossie decade highlights
- Peak decade 253 births
- Runner-up 249 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mossie's strongest decade
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Mossie by state
Where Mossie concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 24.5% of nationwide
- Tennessee 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 24.5% 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, 1884–1962 (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.