Moani
Girl · moh-AH-nee · Hawaiian
Moani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “fragrant breeze”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Moani mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian moani
“fragrant breeze”
A Hawaiian word for a breeze carrying a sweet fragrance.
- Say it
- moh-AH-nee
Is Moani a girl's or a boy's name?
Moani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Moani, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Moani in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Moani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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