Name Trends

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How popular is “Moshe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Moshe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Moshe” 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 “Moshe” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Moshe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Moshe” 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
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 29 0.000007525 29 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 -100%
1956 46 0.000011157 46 -100%
1957 48 0.000011423 48 -100%
1958 55 0.000013305 55 -100%
1959 54 0.000012987 54 -100%
1960 60 0.000014445 60 -100%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 -100%
1962 38 0.000009417 38 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 28 0.000008056 28 -100%
1967 36 0.000010604 36 -100%
1968 50 0.0000148 50 -100%
1969 57 0.000016401 57 -100%
1970 52 0.000014418 52 -100%
1971 56 0.000016315 56 -100%
1972 59 0.000018772 59 -100%
1973 71 0.000023534 71 -100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 -100%
1975 87 0.000028814 87 -100%
1976 107 0.000035263 107 -100%
1977 104 0.00003274 104 -100%
1978 116 0.000036548 116 -100%
1979 117 0.000035167 117 -100%
1980 104 0.000030193 104 -100%
1981 126 0.000036423 126 -100%
1982 115 0.000032783 5 110 -91%
1983 134 0.000038691 134 -100%
1984 124 0.000035543 124 -100%
1985 118 0.000033061 118 -100%
1986 191 0.000053696 191 -100%
1987 226 0.00006268 226 -100%
1988 191 0.000051691 191 -100%
1989 181 0.000047081 181 -100%
1990 212 0.000053637 212 -100%
1991 193 0.000049547 193 -100%
1992 169 0.000043996 169 -100%
1993 199 0.000052781 5 194 -95%
1994 216 0.000058101 216 -100%
1995 213 0.000058162 6 207 -94%
1996 273 0.000074852 5 268 -96%
1997 265 0.000073088 265 -100%
1998 267 0.00007259 267 -100%
1999 262 0.000070928 262 -100%
2000 277 0.000073282 277 -100%
2001 276 0.00007373 276 -100%
2002 311 0.000083193 311 -100%
2003 359 0.000094416 359 -100%
2004 353 0.000092386 353 -100%
2005 338 0.00008791 338 -100%
2006 418 0.000105657 418 -100%
2007 440 0.000110064 440 -100%
2008 388 0.000098711 388 -100%
2009 431 0.000112822 431 -100%
2010 455 0.000123115 455 -100%
2011 472 0.00012904 472 -100%
2012 499 0.000136437 499 -100%
2013 511 0.000140166 511 -100%
2014 523 0.000141108 523 -100%
2015 533 0.000144019 533 -100%
2016 529 0.000144193 529 -100%
2017 536 0.00014988 536 -100%
2018 549 0.000156148 549 -100%
2019 555 0.000159899 555 -100%
2020 553 0.00016554 553 -100%
2021 625 0.000184477 625 -100%
2022 619 0.000182966 619 -100%
2023 663 0.00020023 663 -100%
2024 626 0.000188073 626 -100%

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