Mosiah
Mosiah was the 2969th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2734th with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 593 places. More babies were named Mosiah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,969 boys, down 58 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202448 babies
- Total since 1880
- 798babies recorded
Mosiah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,969 | 42 |
| 2020 | #2,911 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2000 | #6,681 | 10 |
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How popular is Mosiah, counting every spelling?
Mosiah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 42 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 42 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosiah | 42 | #2,969 | 196 |
| Moziah | — | — | 43 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mosiah?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mosiah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mosiah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mosiah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mosiah?
About 800 people born in the US named Mosiah are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Mosiah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mosiah by state
How common Mosiah was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Mosiah
How popular is the name Mosiah?
Mosiah was the 2969th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2734th with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 593 places. More babies were named Mosiah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Mosiah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Mosiah in the US.
Where is Mosiah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mosiah was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.