Mo comes from the Hebrew / Arabic tradition, meaning Drawn from water / praised.
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How popular is Mo?
2013peak year
Today, Mo is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11079), with only about 10 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2013, 7 babies were given the name (ranked #10366 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. In all, around 27 babies have been registered as Mo since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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