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How popular is “Moses” in the USA?

Number of people named “Moses” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Moses” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Moses” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Moses” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Moses” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Moses” by birth year

This chart shows how “Moses” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 111 0.000550912 111 -100%
1881 93 0.000482646 93 -100%
1882 93 0.000419802 93 -100%
1883 82 0.000377974 82 -100%
1884 77 0.000316272 77 -100%
1885 74 0.00030724 74 -100%
1886 84 0.000329004 84 -100%
1887 87 0.000351669 87 -100%
1888 80 0.000267135 80 -100%
1889 78 0.000269947 78 -100%
1890 64 0.000212342 64 -100%
1891 70 0.000244181 70 -100%
1892 86 0.000257197 86 -100%
1893 81 0.00024906 81 -100%
1894 83 0.000245062 83 -100%
1895 70 0.000199419 70 -100%
1896 81 0.000226584 81 -100%
1897 70 0.000201754 70 -100%
1898 69 0.000180886 69 -100%
1899 77 0.000226982 77 -100%
1900 117 0.000259851 117 -100%
1901 52 0.000150371 52 -100%
1902 73 0.000188761 73 -100%
1903 86 0.000225603 86 -100%
1904 87 0.000215621 87 -100%
1905 78 0.000183996 78 -100%
1906 73 0.000170381 73 -100%
1907 91 0.000195535 91 -100%
1908 82 0.00016781 82 -100%
1909 108 0.000211258 108 -100%
1910 132 0.00022346 132 -100%
1911 128 0.000198672 128 -100%
1912 207 0.000209501 207 -100%
1913 208 0.00018292 208 -100%
1914 258 0.000182159 258 -100%
1915 287 0.000156623 287 -100%
1916 333 0.000172145 333 -100%
1917 339 0.00016893 339 -100%
1918 352 0.000162129 352 -100%
1919 347 0.000164436 347 -100%
1920 383 0.000169271 383 -100%
1921 378 0.000161919 378 -100%
1922 387 0.000169058 387 -100%
1923 381 0.000165474 381 -100%
1924 358 0.000150318 358 -100%
1925 352 0.000150859 9 343 -95%
1926 341 0.000148525 341 -100%
1927 321 0.0001384 321 -100%
1928 318 0.00014065 318 -100%
1929 316 0.00014415 316 -100%
1930 288 0.000129538 288 -100%
1931 298 0.000141609 298 -100%
1932 284 0.000134515 284 -100%
1933 280 0.000140039 280 -100%
1934 286 0.000137711 286 -100%
1935 257 0.000122972 257 -100%
1936 230 0.000110706 230 -100%
1937 278 0.000130475 278 -100%
1938 265 0.00011977 265 -100%
1939 255 0.000115728 5 250 -96%
1940 275 0.000119426 275 -100%
1941 276 0.000113281 276 -100%
1942 275 0.000100666 275 -100%
1943 301 0.000106641 301 -100%
1944 271 0.000100741 271 -100%
1945 235 0.000088582 235 -100%
1946 255 0.000079805 6 249 -95%
1947 283 0.00007856 283 -100%
1948 316 0.000091527 316 -100%
1949 292 0.000083793 292 -100%
1950 291 0.000083063 291 -100%
1951 315 0.000085511 315 -100%
1952 280 0.000073723 280 -100%
1953 273 0.000070842 273 -100%
1954 270 0.000067827 270 -100%
1955 267 0.000066499 267 -100%
1956 251 0.000060877 5 246 -96%
1957 266 0.000063301 266 -100%
1958 292 0.000070635 292 -100%
1959 275 0.000066138 275 -100%
1960 301 0.000072464 301 -100%
1961 251 0.000060594 251 -100%
1962 240 0.000059474 240 -100%
1963 215 0.000054318 215 -100%
1964 175 0.000045015 175 -100%
1965 230 0.00006344 230 -100%
1966 165 0.000047473 165 -100%
1967 172 0.000050664 172 -100%
1968 169 0.000050023 169 -100%
1969 188 0.000054096 188 -100%
1970 184 0.000051019 184 -100%
1971 199 0.000057978 199 -100%
1972 198 0.000062997 198 -100%
1973 247 0.000081872 247 -100%
1974 295 0.00009704 295 -100%
1975 340 0.000112605 340 -100%
1976 319 0.000105131 319 -100%
1977 316 0.000099481 316 -100%
1978 319 0.000100508 5 314 -97%
1979 374 0.000112414 9 365 -95%
1980 350 0.000101611 350 -100%
1981 360 0.000104065 360 -100%
1982 349 0.000099488 349 -100%
1983 332 0.000095861 332 -100%
1984 338 0.000096883 338 -100%
1985 315 0.000088257 315 -100%
1986 290 0.000081528 290 -100%
1987 318 0.000088196 6 312 -96%
1988 296 0.000080107 296 -100%
1989 335 0.000087139 335 -100%
1990 293 0.000074131 293 -100%
1991 340 0.000087285 340 -100%
1992 327 0.000085128 327 -100%
1993 359 0.000095218 359 -100%
1994 347 0.000093338 347 -100%
1995 306 0.000083557 306 -100%
1996 372 0.000101996 372 -100%
1997 402 0.000110874 402 -100%
1998 426 0.000115817 426 -100%
1999 463 0.000125343 463 -100%
2000 520 0.00013757 520 -100%
2001 545 0.00014559 545 -100%
2002 516 0.000138031 516 -100%
2003 504 0.000132551 504 -100%
2004 493 0.000129026 493 -100%
2005 480 0.000124842 480 -100%
2006 618 0.000156211 618 -100%
2007 606 0.000151588 606 -100%
2008 562 0.000142978 562 -100%
2009 543 0.00014214 543 -100%
2010 515 0.00013935 515 -100%
2011 504 0.000137788 504 -100%
2012 484 0.000132336 484 -100%
2013 606 0.000166225 606 -100%
2014 586 0.000158106 586 -100%
2015 643 0.000173741 643 -100%
2016 669 0.000182354 669 -100%
2017 630 0.000176165 630 -100%
2018 586 0.000166672 586 -100%
2019 560 0.00016134 560 -100%
2020 594 0.000177814 594 -100%
2021 572 0.000168834 572 -100%
2022 577 0.000170552 577 -100%
2023 536 0.000161875 536 -100%
2024 603 0.000181163 603 -100%

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