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Mosby

About 14 American babies have been named Mosby since 1920, most of them around 1920. It has not appeared in the national data since 2016. About 5 Mosbys are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 9.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 3 5 8 10 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

boys named Mosby

By the numbers

Total US births
14
Estimated living today
5
Median age today
9
Peak year
1920
Best rank
2,967th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1920

Where Mosby is most common

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1920

The most popular boys’ names the year Mosby peaked:

All the names of 1920

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Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.