Mossie

Girls' name

Moor; dark, swarthy, through Maurice

Mossie has been given to 1,056 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 35 recorded.

Babies named Mossie, 1962

1 in 807,000

Mossie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mossie: meaning, origin, and history

Moor; dark, swarthy, through Maurice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mossie means

Mossie belongs to the name family reached through Mossie → Maurice. Its meaning is “Moor; dark, swarthy”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mossie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maurice.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,051 girls were recorded with the name Mossie between 1884 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 35 in 1921; its best national rank was #720 in 1886.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Mossie between 1919 and 1919. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1919; its best national rank was #4,589 in 1919.

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.

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How common is Mossie?

Mossie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mossie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 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 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mossie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mossies were born

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

Median birth year: 1917; About 108 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 11.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (253).

Is Mossie 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (35)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #720; 1886

Spellings of Mossie

Mossie is not the most common spelling — Bessie is, with 22.6% against Mossie's 0.14%.

Bessie22.6%170,140
Jessie22.6%170,036
Rosie11.4%85,556
Josie10.0%75,370
Mollie6.4%48,164
Cassie6.2%46,642
Essie5.3%39,682
Flossie2.9%21,808

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Mossie is used

Across 1910–2025, Mossie was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 18,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 33,333).

39 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Kentucky1 in 11,111
2Tennessee1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Mossie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mossie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #720; 1886
Peak year: 1921; 35 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 1,051
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,589; 1919
Peak year: 1919; 5 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1919
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mossie

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

Kensie Mosie Daisie Kaysie Hassie Rossie Jersie Jossie Moselle Maysie Hessie Lassie Lynsie Ellsie Lissie Lossie Posie Missie Masie Vassie Delsie Ressie Dossie Patsie

Sibling names for Mossie

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

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Adell Idella Dortha Linnie

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Odis

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