Moana
Girl
Moana is a girls' name, meaning “sea, ocean”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Moana mean?
“sea, ocean”
A unisex given name from Polynesian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Moana a girl's or a boy's name?
Moana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Moana, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Moana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Moana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Moana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Moana, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer girls named Moana than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Moana in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
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