Mozella
Mozella was last recorded in 1982, when 5 babies were given it; 1,823 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1982 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mozella by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mozella mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mozella is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mozella?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,670, in 1982; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
57 babies in 1920, the peak
Mozella peaked in 1920, when 57 girls were given it, #975 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | #11,670 | 3.0 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,838 | 3.3 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,853 | 4.1 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,044 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,411 | 4.8 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,167 | 4.8 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,144 | 3.3 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,109 | 4.2 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,679 | 5.1 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,264 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (87)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7 | #6,047 | 4.3 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,219 | 6.7 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,754 | 5.3 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,415 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,884 | 4.7 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,718 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,680 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,791 | 4.5 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,633 | 6.4 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,218 | 4.9 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,496 | 6.5 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,107 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,593 | 10.0 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,612 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,422 | 10.8 |
| 1953 | 27 | #2,002 | 14.4 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,380 | 10.8 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,168 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,896 | 15.2 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,255 | 11.7 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,617 | 20.0 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,846 | 15.8 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,136 | 12.7 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,645 | 19.9 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,649 | 19.6 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,576 | 20.8 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,461 | 23.7 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,636 | 19.9 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,504 | 23.6 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,855 | 17.3 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,261 | 30.8 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,347 | 28.2 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,368 | 27.9 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,375 | 27.7 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,181 | 35.4 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,350 | 28.8 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,259 | 31.9 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,366 | 28.2 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,557 | 23.1 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,327 | 29.6 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,262 | 32.1 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,171 | 36.9 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,063 | 42.2 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,185 | 35.3 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,164 | 36.8 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,261 | 32.3 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,152 | 37.5 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,180 | 34.9 |
| 1920 | 57 | #975 | 47.6 |
| 1919 | 44 | #1,117 | 38.9 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,178 | 35.4 |
| 1917 | 44 | #1,075 | 40.7 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,223 | 33.5 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,215 | 33.5 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,019 | 46.0 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,213 | 35.2 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,280 | 32.3 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,098 | 40.6 |
| 1910 | 24 | #892 | 60.5 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,191 | 37.4 |
| 1908 | 19 | #932 | 56.8 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,075 | 43.9 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,087 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 15 | #997 | 51.4 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,604 | 25.4 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,532 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,114 | 41.7 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,296 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,088 | 43.4 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,355 | 30.0 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,638 | 23.2 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,080 | 42.7 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,540 | 25.7 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,148 | 37.7 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,421 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,105 | 39.2 |
| 1880 | 5 | #907 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mozella a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mozella has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 87 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mozella: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mozella, and how old are they?
An estimated 499 Americans named Mozella and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 75 years old and half are between 66 and 83. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 502 people named Mozella (497 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 651 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,178 babies since 1880, Mozella is the second most given (25% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mozella
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mozella and names like it
- Compare Mozella and MozelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMozella peaked in 1920.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mozella since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Mozella.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mozella alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.