Moss

maleStatistical record

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

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

Moss: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,859, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1859highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2006	#2870
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2011	#3830
2013	#2216
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#3959
2019	#2728
2020	#2682
2021	#2730
2022	#3449
2023	#2813
2024	#1859

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Moss by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Moss in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	41	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Moss appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1859 in England and Wales in 2024.

Moss'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,859, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aadit · #1859, 15y
Abdul-Hakeem · #1859, 18y
Ennis · #1859, 16y
Malikai · #1859, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ennis · #1859, 16y
Gavriel · #1859, 25y
Ziyaad · #1860, 24y
Abeer · #1862, 24y

Moss 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 Moss without appearing here.

Moss moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Moss

Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2079.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Moss

Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 while Aria went from #2636 to #4270.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.
Braxton Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3830 to #1859 while Braxton went from #1398 to #2088.

Moved the same way as Moss

Arlo Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 and Arlo from #848 to #15.
Isak Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 and Isak from #2636 to #1517.
Kasper Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 and Kasper from #1411 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Moss went from #3225 to #1859 and Leif from #2636 to #814.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1859 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Moss

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