Moxie
Moxie was the 5060th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2950th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 939 places. More babies were named Moxie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,060 girls, down 1,529 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202157 babies
- Total since 1880
- 700babies recorded
Moxie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #5,060 | 26 |
| 2020 | #3,531 | 43 |
| 2010 | #5,908 | 23 |
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How popular is Moxie, counting every spelling?
Moxie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxie | 26 | #5,060 | 212 |
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 Moxie?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Moxie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Moxie 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 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Moxie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Moxie?
About 700 people born in the US named Moxie are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Moxie 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.
Moxie by state
How common Moxie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Moxie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Moxie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Moxie
How popular is the name Moxie?
Moxie was the 5060th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2950th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 939 places. More babies were named Moxie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Moxie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Moxie in the US.
Where is Moxie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Moxie was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.