Moria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOR-ee-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Moria is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Moria mean?
Hebrew: variant of Moriah, or of Moira
Moria is the vast dwarf-realm beneath the Misty Mountains in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Is Moria a girl's or a boy's name?
Moria is a girls' name.
How popular is Moria in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Moria in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Names like Moria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria Marisol Xaria Victoria Maritza Lucero Marissa Angelique Dulce Mariama Montserrat Mia
Names related to Moria
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Moria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moria, updated 20 October 2026.