Moani — #11320 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Moani

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Moani between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moani currently holds the #11320 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Moani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 101 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.