How Many People Are Named Moira?
people named Moira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,240 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,941 babies named Moira in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
144 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of MÁIRE. It also coincides with Greek Μοιρα (Moira) meaning "fate, destiny", the singular of Μοιραι, the Greek name for the Fates. They were the three female personifications of destiny in Greek mythology.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Moira in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Moira alive today is about 35 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Moira first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1963, to 144 babies. In 2025, 93 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Moira has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #834, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #2,047.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,047 |
| Best rank | #834 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,662 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Moira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Moira were born in New York than in any other state: about 762 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Moira was given 3.9 times as often in Massachusetts, 2.8 times in New York and 2.3 times in Illinois.
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