Girls' name · since 1982

Moire

11 babies named Moire in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#53,759 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1982
1990s
peak decade

Moire is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1982.

Moire has 11 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1990.

  • #53,759 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 11 born since 1982
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moire ranks #53,759 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.

#53,759 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1982
1990s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Moire's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Moire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Moire's full recorded timeline at 1990, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Moire popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1990

Last recorded 1990
Peak year (1990)
6
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.5 19821990 6

Moire by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).

1990s was Moire's strongest decade.

6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Moire births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Moire?
11 babies have been named Moire since 1982. All-time, it sits at #53,759 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1990. The peak year was 1990 with 6 births.
Where does Moire sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Moire ranks #53,759 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Moire most popular?
Moire was most popular in the 1990s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Moire been used?
Moire has been recorded in Social Security data since 1982, spanning 9 years of data through 1990.
What names are similar to Moire?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Moira, Moises, Moina, Moiya, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Moire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1982–1990 (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 Moire 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.