# Moises (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moises/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31,397 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,345 / 52 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 32, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Moisés and Spanish Moisés.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | 8,671 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,873 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,194 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,878 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,984 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,742 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,831 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,531 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,939 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 632 | 433 |
| 2012 | 603 | 451 |
| 2013 | 538 | 506 |
| 2014 | 634 | 462 |
| 2015 | 626 | 478 |
| 2016 | 642 | 478 |
| 2017 | 750 | 417 |
| 2018 | 624 | 464 |
| 2019 | 663 | 452 |
| 2020 | 568 | 508 |
| 2021 | 558 | 527 |
| 2022 | 508 | 577 |
| 2023 | 549 | 540 |
| 2024 | 568 | 523 |
| 2025 | 502 | 587 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Moises

- Moisés Caicedo, Ecuatorian association football player (born 2001)
- Moisés Arias, American actor
- Moisés Ribeiro, Brazilian association football player
- Moisés Villarroel, Chilean footballer
- Moisés Paniagua, Bolivian association football player (born 2007)
- Moisés Lima Magalhães, Brazilian footballer
- Moisés Henriques, Australian cricketer
- Moisés Moura Pinheiro, Brazilian footballer
- Moisés San Nicolás, Andorran footballer
- Moisés Roberto Barbosa, Brazilian association football player
- Moisés Kaufman, American playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project
- Moisès Broggi, Catalan physician and writer (1908–2012)

## 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.