Moe
The given name or nickname Moe, often short for Maurice, Moab, Morris, Mortimer, Morton, Murray, Mohammed, Moore, Moses, Mordecai, or other given names. It may refer to:
- English
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Moe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The given name or nickname Moe, often short for Maurice, Moab, Morris, Mortimer, Morton, Murray, Mohammed, Moore, Moses, Mordecai, or other given names. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Japanese
The Story of Moe
As a girl name
Moe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1991, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 9 births, good for #11,245 nationwide. About 40% of every Moe on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Moe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 62 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Moe as a boy name dates back to 1888, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 49 newborns named Moe — #892 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Moe on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Moe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 724 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Moe
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Moe. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Moe
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About the name Moe
Moe is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 724 births in the dataset. Moe's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #892. Use the chart and map above to compare Moe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.