Moira

#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births

Peak · girls
#832
1965 · 143 births
Debut · girls
1913
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,941
since 1913

Moira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Moira has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #832, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,03693
2024#1,895105
2023#1,780114
2022#2,04894
2021#1,667125
2020#1,792110
2019#1,773115
2018#1,609133
2017#1,636132
2016#1,757118
2015#1,636131
2014#1,674126
2013#1,929103
2012#1,782115
2011#1,898105
2010#2,04397
2009#1,914109
2008#1,789122
2007#1,868112
2006#1,608133
2005#1,589128
2004#1,586124
2003#1,477132
2002#1,594116
2001#1,641111
2000#1,431128
1999#1,349131
1998#1,392123
1997#1,303133
1996#1,485110
1995#1,330124
1994#1,64991
1993#1,77682
1992#1,87675
1991#1,80779
1990#2,10162
1989#2,30451
1988#1,73873
1987#1,89960
1986#1,89059
1985#1,90658
1984#1,81259
1983#1,56571
1982#1,48980
1981#1,59673
1980#1,64470
1979#1,62369
1978#1,70761
1977#1,53870
1976#1,55165
1975#1,72954
1974#1,59859
1973#1,44467
1972#1,35374
1971#1,28086
1970#1,40774
1969#1,14894
1968#991111
1967#1,04697
1966#972110
1965#832143
1964#866143
1963#874144
1962#974120
1961#1,023113
1960#961124
1959#1,036105
1958#916126
1957#1,002108
1956#1,06692
1955#989102
1954#1,02891
1953#1,07880
1952#1,10073
1951#1,15166
1950#1,49538
1949#1,39344
1948#1,43941
1947#1,69732
1946#2,09420
1945#2,23715
1944#2,02718
1943#2,15117
1942#1,53329
1941#1,81020
1940#1,79220
1939#1,63822
1938#2,44712
1937#1,53924
1936#2,15314
1935#1,77919
1934#1,77119
1933#2,8689
1932#3,9016
1931#2,42712
1930#2,30614
1929#2,73711
1928#3,4368
1927#3,5618
1926#3,5648
1925#3,6648
1924#5,0615
1923#4,3766
1922#4,0117
1921#3,6668
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First appearance
1913

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.

See more about Moira
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1965 at #832 (143 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1962–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,344
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 15.3% of all girls named Moira (1,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,187 (1913)#3,553
1920s69#2,737 (1929)#3,786
1930s151#1,539 (1937)#2,283
1940s256#1,393 (1949)#1,817
1950s881#916 (1958)#1,086
1960s1,199#832 (1965)#969
1970s679#1,280 (1971)#1,523
1980s654#1,489 (1982)#1,784
1990s1,010#1,303 (1997)#1,607
2000s1,215#1,431 (2000)#1,650
2010s1,175#1,609 (2018)#1,774
2020s641#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 2012

girls
#1,782
115 births · 1 in 15,314 girls

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #1,782Moira115
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 15,314 of them was named Moira, which outranked 90.9% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Moira
  1. #1,774Tayler116
  2. #1,774Zaira116
  3. #1,774Zoee116
  4. #1,782Moira115
  5. #1,782Ayden115
  6. #1,782Cayleigh115
  7. #1,782Emmaleigh115
  8. #1,791Avarie114
  9. #1,791Brystol114
  10. #1,791Camden114

Tied with 8 names at #1,782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012 →