Meaning and history
This name comes from the Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (Moshe), probably derived from the Egyptian mes, meaning “son”; the Old Testament explanation linking it to Hebrew מָשָׁה (masha), “drew out,” is likely a folk etymology. In the Bible, Moses was drawn from the Nile by the pharaoh’s daughter and raised in the royal family while the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt; with Aaron, he demanded their release, which came only after God sent ten plagues. He then led the people across the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, where he received the Ten Commandments, and after 40 years in the desert the Israelites reached Canaan, though Moses died just before entering it. In England, the name has been commonly used by Christians since the Protestant Reformation, though it had long been popular among Jews.
20062006: 618 births, rank #440
2007: 606 births, rank #456
2008: 562 births, rank #490
2009: 544 births, rank #499
2010: 515 births, rank #502
20112011: 505 births, rank #513
2012: 486 births, rank #539
2013: 606 births, rank #463
2014: 587 births, rank #482
2015: 643 births, rank #468
20162016: 669 births, rank #460
2017: 630 births, rank #473
2018: 586 births, rank #492
2019: 562 births, rank #509
2020: 595 births, rank #493
20212021: 572 births, rank #512
2022: 580 births, rank #514
2023: 537 births, rank #546
2024: 612 births, rank #500
20252025: 583 births, rank #515
Moses moved from #500 to #515 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 669 births.