Moishe comes from the Hebrew / Yiddish tradition, meaning Drawn from water, Moses.
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How popular is Moishe?
2015peak year
Today, Moishe is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4049), with only about 27 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2015, 38 babies were given the name (ranked #3063 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Moishe's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,171 babies have been registered as Moishe since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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