Mosley
The Story of Mosley
As a girl name
Mosley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2012, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 18 births, good for #6,662 nationwide. About 75% of every Mosley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mosley last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 75 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Mosley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1928, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 7 births, good for #9,567 nationwide. About 68% of every Mosley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mosley last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 19 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Mosley
Phonetically similar names — useful when Mosley is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Moseley
- Mosely
- Mostly
- Measly
- Musli
- Mizzly
- Moly
- Mosey
- Moley
- Moli
- Misly
- Knowsley
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Mosley
Mosley is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 75 births in the dataset. Mosley's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #6,662. Use the chart and map above to compare Mosley'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 .
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