NameTides

Moana

Moana was the #4,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

Moana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Moana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Moana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,067 (35)#3,333 (7)—
2024#3,176 (50)#3,696 (6)—
2023#3,833 (39)#2,689 (9)—
2022#3,470 (45)#3,534 (6)#3,228 (5)
2021#3,002 (55)#2,711 (9)—
2020#3,221 (48)#3,447 (6)—
2019#3,130 (51)#2,458 (10)#1,922 (11)
2018#2,238 (82)#2,340 (11)#1,741 (12)
2017#1,552 (141)#3,229 (7)#2,374 (8)
2016#2,934 (57)——
2015#6,721 (18)——
2014#7,302 (16)——
2013#6,462 (19)#5,742 (3)—
2012#10,429 (10)——
2011#9,150 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,552.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1941.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Moana is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 34,000 to 1 in 62,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Moana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Moana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MoanaCanadaGirls—too few
MoanaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
MoanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MoanaUSGirls#4,06735