Mozell — unisex name
3,050 babies named Mozell in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Mozell was born in this single decade.
121 babies were named Mozell in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mozell
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,050 babies named Mozell between 1891 and 1999, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mozell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 121 babies received it in a single year. Mozell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 484 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mozell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 946 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mozell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Mozell in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mozell 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 3,050 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.
Mozell at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mozell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1891
- Peak year (1925)
- 121
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
3,050 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 121 births in a single year.
Mozell popularity over time — boys
484 total births recorded since 1913 (Mozell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mozell accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mozell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 946 births that decade — 31% of Mozell's all-time total
Mozell decade highlights
- Peak decade 946 births
- Runner-up 767 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mozell's strongest decade
946 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Mozell by state
Where Mozell concentrates geographically — total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 435 | 14.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 385 | 12.6% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 366 | 12.0% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 334 | 11.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 242 | 7.9% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 58 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 47 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 31 | 1.0% |
435 of 3,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 14.3% of nationwide
- Texas 12.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 12.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 11.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mozell appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1891–1999 (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.