Girls' name · since 1913
Moira
Moira has 7,941 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,038 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,941
- born since 1913
- 2000s
- peak decade
7,941 babies have been named Moira since 1913, making it today's #2038 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moira has been recorded 7,941 times among girls since 1913, currently ranked #2038 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #1,924 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,038 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,941 born since 1913
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moira ranks #1,924 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,038 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,941 born since 1913, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,038 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,941
- born since 1913
- 2000s
- peak decade
Moira's 7,941 recorded births place it above 97.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Moira compares
7,941 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Moira's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Moira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,941 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 144 | 21 | 19,840 |
Moira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Moira's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 144, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Moira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 144
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Moira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,215 births, 15% of the file).
2000s was Moira's strongest decade.
1,215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Moira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 69
1920s
69 births
- 1930s 151
1930s
151 births
- 1940s 256
1940s
256 births
- 1950s
1950s
881 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,199 births
- 1970s
1970s
679 births
- 1980s
1980s
654 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,010 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,215 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,175 births
- 2020s
2020s
641 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,215 births (15% of all-time use).
How Moira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Moira's total volume
Moira by state
Where Moira concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 893 | 11.2% |
| #2 | California | | 649 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 485 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 476 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 389 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 253 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 225 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Texas | | 165 | 2.1% |
893 of 7,941 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Moira appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Moira's data
- Moira's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,215 total births) through the 2020s (641) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Moiras (893 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Moira
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Moira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Moira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.