Moon
Girl · MOON · English
Moon is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Moon mean?
English: English word
“moon”
From Old English mona; Moon is also a separate Korean surname.
- Say it
- MOON
Is Moon a girl's or a boy's name?
Moon is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 52 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Moon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Moon, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Moon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Moon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Moon, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972. 13 boys were also named Moon in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Moon in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80% of the babies named Moon in the US were girls.
Moon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Moon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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