# Moishe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moishe/  
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 | Yiddish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɔɪʃə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Moyshe, Moshe, Moses |
| US babies named this | 1,201 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,201 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 461, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Yiddish משה (moyshe), from Hebrew משה (moshé).

## 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 | 23 | 4,311 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,502 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,270 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,351 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,063 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,578 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,422 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,855 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,490 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,375 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,789 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,667 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,528 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,577 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,915 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Moishe

- Moishe Postone, American historian, Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Modern History and the College, Unive

## 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.