Rank 2025
#2,047
among girls · ↓139 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
93
named Moira · -11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 17,282
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1963
144 babies
All-time total
7,941
#1,924 all-time among girls
First recorded
1913
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Moira is most popular
Girls named Moira per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.065 per 1,000.
Strongest in Washington, Ohio, and Oregon.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Moira born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Moira
Moira is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,047 in 2025 with 93 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.
Since 1913, 7,941 American babies have been named Moira. Its peak came in 1963, when 144 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1960s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Moira stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
