# Moise (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moise/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 935 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 935 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 361, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,550 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,946 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,383 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,678 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,955 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,414 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,236 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,977 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,655 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,885 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,433 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,053 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,690 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,584 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,053 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 36 | 851 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Moise

- Tshombé Moïse, Congolese politician and secessionist leader (1919–1969)
- Moïse Bombito, Canadian soccer player
- Moïse Katumbi, Congolese politician (DRC)
- Moïse Adilehou, Beninese and French footballer
- Moïse Polydore Millaud, French journalist (1813–1871)
- Moïse Kouamé, French tennis player (born 2009)
- Moïse Schwab, French librarian and writer
- Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (1915-2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.