Name meaning & stats
Moses
Moses means “child of (debated)” (Hebrew origin). 32,038 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
“child of (debated)”
HebrewDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
32,038 US babies were named Moses between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Moses (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 90% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)