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How popular is the name Moana?

Births per year, rank history and how many Moanas are alive today.

Moana (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2340th most popular that year.

The Moana you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Moanas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Moana - on average, only one in every 3,150 such rooms contains a Moana.

How many babies are named Moana each year?

051020202013: 32017: 72018: 112019: 102020: 62021: 92022: 62023: 92024: 62025: 7actual

Where does Moana rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,00020202013: ranked 5,7422017: ranked 3,2292018: ranked 2,3402019: ranked 2,4582020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 2,7112022: ranked 3,5342023: ranked 2,6892024: ranked 3,6962025: ranked 3,333

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Moana per year in England and Wales, 2013 to 2025, peaking at about 11 in 2018
Moana: births per year in England and Wales, 2013-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Moana most popular?

Moana peaked in 2018, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Moana?

At least 100 people named Moana born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Moana?

Most living Moanas are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 8.

Is Moana becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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