Moesha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Moesha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Moesha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #528 in 1999, and it was last ranked in 2006.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
11years from first to last
#528highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2006

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#803
1998	#701
1999	#1216
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2003	#3099
2004	#2112
2005	#3970
2006	#4157

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 10 of the 11 years from 1996 to 2006.

In 1999: #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1216 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2006 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006.
England and Wales · Girls

Moesha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Moesha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#803	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2006, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #528, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,157position in 2006, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
34births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mohamed · #88, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emils · #527, 15y
Marks · #529, 10y
Ricards · #529, 9y
Berenice · #523, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caira · #528, 24y
Pheobe · #528, 29y
Romilly · #528, 29y
Usmaan · #528, 29y

Moesha was ranked #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Moesha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Moesha without appearing here.

Moesha moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3099 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #3725.
Rian Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3998 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #3725.

Moved ahead of Moesha

Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2084.
Luca Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #2278 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2247.
Shea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #2278 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2247.
Kari Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2112 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #2781.

Moved the opposite way to Moesha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 while Ada went from #2683 to #976.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 while Alma went from #2096 to #1087.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 while Alyssa went from #783 to #151.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 while Amalie went from #2096 to #816.

Moved the same way as Moesha

Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 and Aisling from #440 to #1004.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 and Alex from #161 to #279.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 and Alexandra from #38 to #89.
Alice Compare
Between 1996 and 2006 in England and Wales · Girls, Moesha went from #2350 to #4157 and Alice from #25 to #47.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Moesha

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