Mozell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Mozell has been given to 3,534 babies in the U.S. since 1891. 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 1925, with 121 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.
Babies named Mozell, 1999
1 in 615,000
Mozell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Mozell over time
In 2005, Mozell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Mozell?
Mozell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1999
- 1 in 615,000
- 6 of 3,692,373 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 296,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1999
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 426,561 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Mozell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 426,561 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mozell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Mozells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Mozell was born before 1925 — so the typical Mozell is around 100 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 31.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 0.20%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 252
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 31.0% of all recorded uses (946).
Is Mozell 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 1925 (121)
- Years since peak
- 100
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.7% average annual change
Spellings of Mozell
Mozell is not the most common spelling — Mozelle is, with 19.2% against Mozell's 10.9%.
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 Mozell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Mozell was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 23,152 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 7,143
- 2Alabama1 in 8,333
- 3Georgia1 in 10,000
- 4North Carolina1 in 20,000
- 5Mississippi1 in 33,333
- 6Texas1 in 33,333
- 7Arkansas1 in 50,000
- 8Oklahoma1 in 50,000
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. Mozell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Mozell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Mozell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 181,867 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 100,000
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. Mozell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Mozell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Mozell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Mozell
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Mozell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Mozell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.