How popular is the baby name Moshe in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Moshe.
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Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority recently released decade-by-decade lists of the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel since the establishment of the state (in mid-1948).
Decade
Top 3 Girl Names
Top 3 Boy Names
1950s
Esther, Rachel, Sarah
Moshe, Yosef, Avraham
1960s
Rachel, Esther, Ronit
Yosef, Moshe, Avraham
1970s
Michal, Keren, Merav
Moshe, David, Yosef
1980s
Michal, Adi, Moran
Moshe, David, Roei
1990s
Eden, Sapir, Adi
Daniel, David, Moshe
2000s
Noa, Shira, Yael
Daniel, Itay, Uri
2010s so far
Shira, Noa, Tamar
Itay, Uri, Noam
In 5775, the top names for Jewish babies in Israel were Tamar and Ori (aka Uri).
Israel recently released three lists of popular baby names.
According to the Central Bureau for Statistics, the country’s top names last year were:
Noam and Noa for Jewish babies,
Mohammad and Maryam for Muslim babies, and
George and Maria for Christian babies.
Here are more of the most popular baby names of 2012 within each religious group:
Jewish
Girl Names (Jewish)
Boy Names (Jewish)
1. Noa 2. Shira 3. Tamar 4. Talia 5. Maya 6. Yael 7. Sarah 8. Adele/Edel 9. Ayala 10. Michal
1. Noam 2. Uri/Ori 3. Itai 4. Yosef 5. David 6. Yehonatan 7. Daniel 8. Ariel 9. Moshe 10. Eitan
The Jewish names above were listed in my source article, but the Muslim and Christian names below (beyond the #1 names) I had to translate from Hebrew using various online tools/dictionaries, so they might not be perfect.
Muslim
Girl Names (Muslim)
Boy Names (Muslim)
1. Maryam 2. Linn 3. Rahaf 4. Lian 5. Rimas 6. Hala 7. Nur 8. Bisan 9. Malek 10. Aya
1. Mohammad 2. Ahmed 3. Mahmad 4. Yosef 5. Adam 6. Abd 7. Omar 8. Ali 9. Mahmoud 10. Amir
Christian
Girl Names (Christian)
Boy Names (Christian)
1. Maria 2. Celine 3. Aline 4. Maya 5. Nur 6. Lian 7. Miriam 8. Natalie 9. Tala 10. Miral
1. George 2. Elias 3. Majd 4. Daniel 5. Joseph 6. Hana 7. Julian 8. Charbel 9. Jude 10. Emir
A few years ago, a group of Israeli rabbis released a list of names they thought should be off-limits to Jewish children. Ariel, the 8th most popular name for Jewish baby boys last year, was on their forbidden name list. :)
According to New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press, “preliminary data from the state Department of Health has names like Michael and Matthew at the top of the 2013 list for boys, and Sophia and Isabella for girls.”
According to the SSA, Sophia and Isabella ranked #1 and #2 for baby girls born in New Jersey in 2012. Michael and Matthew ranked #1 and #5.
Also from the source article, this interesting fact about baby names in New Jersey’s Monmouth County:
[R]oughly one-third of the top girls and boys names are Orthodox names, like Chana, Chaya, Esther, Rivka and Batsheva for the girls, and Moshe, Chaim and Yosef for the boys. The Monmouth list, in fact, varies markedly both from the statewide baby names, as well as the national list.
UPDATE, 12/8/2013: Just spotted a different article with the full New Jersey preliminary list. Here it is:
Girl Names
Boy Names
1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Emma 4. Olivia 5. Ava 6. Mia 7. Emily 8. Madison 9. Sofia 10. Abigail
1. Michael 2. Matthew 3. Jacob 4. Liam 5. Joseph 6. Anthony 7. Ryan 8. Daniel 9. Ethan 10. Mason
And another interesting fact, this time about the name Sandy:
One gender-neutral name that has trended in the past year, however, did not get the surge experts were predicting some nine months after the biggest storm in New Jersey history.
“We had no babies named Sandy in July and August, when we might have been expecting that,” Waters said.
UPDATE, 5/4/2015: The actual 2013 list, from an article about the finalized 2014 list.
Girl Names
Boy Names
1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Olivia 4. Emma 5. Ava 6. Mia 7. Emily 8. Sofia 9. Madison 10. Abigail
1. Michael 2. Matthew 3. Jacob 4. Joseph 5. Liam 6. Anthony 7. Daniel 8. Ryan 9. Alexander 10. Ethan
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