Moon

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Peak · girls
#2,463
2022 · 73 births
Debut · girls
1972
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
465
since 1972

Moon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,10052#6,44613
2024#3,33547#5,65916
2023#3,09153#3,88328
2022#2,46373#4,57022
2021#3,33947#4,62821
2020#4,64828#7,50210
2019#5,16325#9,7567
2018#4,56230#6,03614
2017#5,66122—
2016#12,8767—
2015#11,8358#12,0865
2014#11,9318—
2013#11,9698#12,1365
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2010—#10,7666
2009#15,2426—
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2001#13,5216#10,5565
2000#11,8017—
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Moon! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Moon is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMINew York: #2,075 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,666 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,093 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,969 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Moon, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,887 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,460 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460
  2. New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666
  3. California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969

Best ever in a state: #1,423 in Ohio, 2022.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#1,88761 in 14,460
New York#2,07551 in 15,666
California#2,09391 in 17,969
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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 Moon
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 235 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,100)
  • 1,548 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #3,100)
  • 8,735 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #3,100)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2022 at #2,463 (73 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,468
  • Highest: 1 in 22,468 girls born in 2022 were named Moon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,909 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 64.5% of all girls named Moon (300) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
  • Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s22#7,292 (1972)#8,785
1980s11#9,825 (1987)#10,050
1990s0——
2000s24#11,801 (2000)#14,257
2010s108#4,562 (2018)#9,142
2020s300#2,463 (2022)#3,329

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.

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