Meaning & origin
What it means
Mosley goes back to Old English mos, meaning “peat bog.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English mos (“peat bog”), built from English moss + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mosley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 25 boys · 75 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,555 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −60%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,555 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 as a first name in 2020; 45,562 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mosley’s family of names
In English usage, Mosley as a surname has a related form in MOSELEY. In English usage, Mosley as a surname has a related form in MOSELEY. In English usage, Mosley as a surname has a related form in MOSELY.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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