Moana
Moana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017141 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1941
- 1,109people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,109 girls have been named Moana in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 141 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 37%.
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Moana was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Moana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Theapeak 2018
- Oonapeak 2015
- Teiganpeak 2017
- Royalepeak 2018
- Rebelpeak 2021
- Aminapeak 2017
- Dawsynpeak 2017
- Ariahpeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.