Moya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Moya

The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Moya between 1923 and 2021, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Moya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moya 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 627 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.