Moira
Girl · Irish
Moira is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Moira mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish.
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Is Moira a girl's or a boy's name?
Moira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 93 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Moira, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Moira of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Moira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Moira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Moira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Moira, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 1963, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer girls named Moira than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Moira in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,773 |
| 2018 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,636 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 131 | #1,636 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,674 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,929 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 97 | #2,043 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,789 |
| 2007 | 112 | #1,868 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,608 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,589 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,585 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,640 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,429 |
| 1999 | 131 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,390 |
| 1997 | 133 | #1,301 |
| 1996 | 110 | #1,483 |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,327 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,644 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,801 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,736 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,596 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,644 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,538 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,551 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 67 | #1,444 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,353 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,280 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 94 | #1,148 |
| 1968 | 111 | #991 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,046 |
| 1966 | 110 | #972 |
| 1965 | 143 | #832 |
| 1964 | 143 | #866 |
| 1963 | 144 | #874 |
| 1962 | 120 | #974 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,023 |
| 1960 | 124 | #960 |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,035 |
| 1958 | 126 | #915 |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,001 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,065 |
| 1955 | 102 | #988 |
| 1954 | 91 | #1,027 |
| 1953 | 80 | #1,077 |
| 1952 | 73 | #1,099 |
| 1951 | 66 | #1,150 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,494 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,392 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,438 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,696 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
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