Moir — boys' name
44 babies named Moir in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Moir was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Moir in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moir
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Moir between 1914 and 1928, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moir currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moir performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Moir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moir 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 44 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.
Moir at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Moir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1914
- Peak year (1924)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
44 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 8 births in a single year.
Moir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 33 births that decade — 75% of Moir's all-time total
Moir decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Moir's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Moir by state
Where Moir concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 6 | 13.6% |
6 of 44 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 13.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 13.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1928 (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.