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Moe

#8,037 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly to give birth to, through Moses

Moe has been given to 795 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #8,037 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1916, with 49 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Moe, 2025

1 in 332,000

Moe over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Moe over time

In 2025, Moe went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18882025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Moe: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly to give birth to, through Moses

Japanese

What Moe means

Moe belongs to the name family reached through Moe → Moses. Its meaning is “to give birth to”.

Origin, language, and formation

Moe is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Moses.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Moe is pronounced /moʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 733 boys were recorded with the name Moe between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 49 in 1916; its best national rank was #636 in 1904.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,239 in 2020 to #8,037 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,401 in 2015 to #8,037 in 2025.

In the United States, 62 girls were recorded with the name Moe between 1991 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2010; its best national rank was #11,953 in 2010.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Moe?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,037
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Moe sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moe was born before 1917 — so the typical Moe is around 108 today.

Median birth year
1917
About 108 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
145
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1910s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (327).

Is Moe rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,525
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,202
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,364
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.4%
Peak was 1916 (49)
Years since peak
109
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#636
1904

Where Moe is used

Across 1910–2025, Moe was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 36,010 across all states with data.

33 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Moe has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Moe around the world

Where Moe ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • France
    2004–2010
    #5,543
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Moe by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,037
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,202
Best rank ever
#636
1904
Peak year
1916
49 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
733
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,953
2010
Peak year
2010
9 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
62
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Moe

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MoeezMoez

Sibling names for Moe

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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