Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Moss

#7,131 most common boys' name of all time · #17,906 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among boys
#7,131
Rank overall
#17,906 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
519
Since 2016
134
Peak year
2023 #4,901
Best rank
#1,044 1901
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Moss first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,221
2024 — 15 15 #5,916
2023 — 20 20 #4,901
2022 — 17 17 #5,456
2021 — 14 14 #6,052
2020 — 11 11 #7,058
2019 — 13 13 #6,422
2018 — 8 8 #8,845
2017 — 8 8 #8,881
2016 — 10 10 #7,637
2015 — 7 7 #9,612
2014 — 5 5 #12,176
2013 — 10 10 #7,557
2012 — 5 5 #12,322
2011 — 7 7 #9,653
2010 — 9 9 #8,179
2009 — 13 13 #6,450
2008 — 7 7 #9,920
2007 — 8 8 #8,951
2005 — 7 7 #9,161
2003 — 8 8 #7,884
2001 — 5 5 #10,608
1999 — 6 6 #8,754
1994 — 5 5 #8,865
1993 — 5 5 #8,775
1977 — 7 7 #4,645
1975 — 6 6 #4,867
1972 — 7 7 #4,025
1971 — 7 7 #4,044
1966 — 6 6 #3,595
1965 — 5 5 #4,002
1962 — 5 5 #4,138
1961 — 8 8 #3,152
1958 — 6 6 #3,640
1956 — 6 6 #3,607
1955 — 9 9 #2,816
1953 — 5 5 #3,882
1951 — 6 6 #3,446
1950 — 5 5 #3,772
1948 — 6 6 #3,378
1945 — 5 5 #3,433
1941 — 5 5 #3,597
1940 — 6 6 #3,214
1938 — 5 5 #3,616
1936 — 5 5 #3,649
1935 — 5 5 #3,730
1933 — 8 8 #2,803
1931 — 6 6 #3,458
1930 — 9 9 #2,851
1929 — 7 7 #3,302
1927 — 6 6 #3,848
1926 — 8 8 #3,186
1924 — 11 11 #2,685
1923 — 7 7 #3,526
1922 — 11 11 #2,681
1921 — 5 5 #4,390
1920 — 8 8 #3,257
1919 — 7 7 #3,461
1918 — 9 9 #2,933
1916 — 5 5 #3,987
1915 — 11 11 #2,363
1914 — 7 7 #2,706
1913 — 5 5 #2,914
1912 — 7 7 #2,128
1909 — 5 5 #1,585
1901 — 6 6 #1,044
1891 — 5 5 #1,120