Moira
#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 143 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,941since 1913
Moira over time
Rank among girls' names. Moira has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,036 | 93 |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 |
| 2023 | #1,780 | 114 |
| 2022 | #2,048 | 94 |
| 2021 | #1,667 | 125 |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 |
| 2018 | #1,609 | 133 |
| 2017 | #1,636 | 132 |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 |
| 2015 | #1,636 | 131 |
| 2014 | #1,674 | 126 |
| 2013 | #1,929 | 103 |
| 2012 | #1,782 | 115 |
| 2011 | #1,898 | 105 |
| 2010 | #2,043 | 97 |
| 2009 | #1,914 | 109 |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 |
| 2007 | #1,868 | 112 |
| 2006 | #1,608 | 133 |
| 2005 | #1,589 | 128 |
| 2004 | #1,586 | 124 |
| 2003 | #1,477 | 132 |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 |
| 2001 | #1,641 | 111 |
| 2000 | #1,431 | 128 |
| 1999 | #1,349 | 131 |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 123 |
| 1997 | #1,303 | 133 |
| 1996 | #1,485 | 110 |
| 1995 | #1,330 | 124 |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 |
| 1992 | #1,876 | 75 |
| 1991 | #1,807 | 79 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,906 | 58 |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 |
| 1983 | #1,565 | 71 |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 |
| 1981 | #1,596 | 73 |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 70 |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 |
| 1976 | #1,551 | 65 |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 |
| 1973 | #1,444 | 67 |
| 1972 | #1,353 | 74 |
| 1971 | #1,280 | 86 |
| 1970 | #1,407 | 74 |
| 1969 | #1,148 | 94 |
| 1968 | #991 | 111 |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 |
| 1966 | #972 | 110 |
| 1965 | #832 | 143 |
| 1964 | #866 | 143 |
| 1963 | #874 | 144 |
| 1962 | #974 | 120 |
| 1961 | #1,023 | 113 |
| 1960 | #961 | 124 |
| 1959 | #1,036 | 105 |
| 1958 | #916 | 126 |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 |
| 1955 | #989 | 102 |
| 1954 | #1,028 | 91 |
| 1953 | #1,078 | 80 |
| 1952 | #1,100 | 73 |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
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| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Moira! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Moira is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#579 · 1 in 2,411
- Minnesota#764 · 1 in 3,915
- Washington#947 · 1 in 5,068
- Indiana#1,047 · 1 in 5,944
- Ohio#1,143 · 1 in 7,289
Best ever in a state: #241 in District of Columbia, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #579 | 5 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Minnesota | #764 | 6 | 1 in 3,915 |
| Washington | #947 | 6 | 1 in 5,068 |
| Indiana | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 5,944 |
| Ohio | #1,143 | 7 | 1 in 7,289 |
| Virginia | #1,172 | 5 | 1 in 7,189 |
| New Jersey | #1,184 | 5 | 1 in 7,185 |
| New York | #1,248 | 11 | 1 in 7,881 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,407 | 5 | 1 in 10,061 |
| Florida | #1,453 | 8 | 1 in 10,636 |
| California | #1,852 | 12 | 1 in 15,789 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Moira
- 141 spots since 2024 (#1,895 → #2,036)
- 244 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #2,036)
- 400 spots since 2015 (#1,636 → #2,036)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1963 (#974 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1969 (#991 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1965 at #832 (143 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1962–1966
- Highest: 1 in 12,344 girls born in 1965 were named Moira (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,282 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.3% of all girls named Moira (1,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,553 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,737 (1929) | #3,786 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,539 (1937) | #2,283 |
| 1940s | 256 | #1,393 (1949) | #1,817 |
| 1950s | 881 | #916 (1958) | #1,086 |
| 1960s | 1,199 | #832 (1965) | #969 |
| 1970s | 679 | #1,280 (1971) | #1,523 |
| 1980s | 654 | #1,489 (1982) | #1,784 |
| 1990s | 1,010 | #1,303 (1997) | #1,607 |
| 2000s | 1,215 | #1,431 (2000) | #1,650 |
| 2010s | 1,175 | #1,609 (2018) | #1,774 |
| 2020s | 641 | #1,667 (2021) | #1,870 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Moira in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 12,790 of them was named Moira, which outranked 91.1% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,595Marion134
- #1,595Sol134
- #1,595Yesenia134
- #1,609Moira133
- #1,609Bree133
- #1,609Chevelle133
- #1,609Haddie133
- #1,616Alba132
- #1,616Esmae132
- #1,616Jazzlyn132
Tied with 6 names at #1,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.