Recorded 2017–2020 Girls' name Peak 2017 18 births

Moanna — girls' name

18 babies named Moanna in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s132020s5
2010s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Moanna was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

7 babies were named Moanna in 2017 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Moanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Moanna between 2017 and 2020, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moanna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Moanna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moanna 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 18 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.

Moanna at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

18

Since 2017

4 years of records

Peak year

2017

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2017

Recorded for 4 years

Last year on file: 2020

Moanna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2017

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2017)
7
Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202020182017 7

Moanna by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
13 births that decade — 72% of Moanna's all-time total
2010s132020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Moanna?
18 babies have been named Moanna since 2017. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2017 with 7 births.
When was Moanna most popular?
Moanna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Moanna been used?
Moanna has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 4 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Moanna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Moana, Moani. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.