Recorded 1992–2018 Girls' name Peak 2000 164 births

Moorea — girls' name

164 babies named Moorea in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s422000s1022010s20
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Moorea was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

13 babies were named Moorea in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Moorea

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Moorea between 1992 and 2018, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moorea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moorea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Moorea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moorea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moorea 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 164 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.

Moorea at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

164

Since 1992

27 years of records

Peak year

2000

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1992

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2018

Moorea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1992

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2000)
13
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
468101214 20182009200620032000199719941992 6

Moorea by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
102 births that decade — 62% of Moorea's all-time total
1990s422000s1022010s20

Moorea by state

Where Moorea concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Moorea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
13 7.9%
California share of Moorea's total US births 7.9%

13 of 164 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Moorea?
164 babies have been named Moorea since 1992. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2000 with 13 births.
When was Moorea most popular?
Moorea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 102 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Moorea most popular?
The top states for the name Moorea are California (13 births).
How long has the name Moorea been used?
Moorea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 27 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Moorea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Moon, Moo, Moonyeen, Moona, and 4 more. 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, 1992–2018 (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.