Moa

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Mother

Moa has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2016. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2016, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Moa, 2023

1 in 663,000

Moa over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Moa over time

In 2025, Moa went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

20162025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Moa: meaning, origin, and history

Mother

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Moa means

Moa means “mother”, associated with mor.

Origin, language, and formation

Moa is used in Swedish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Moa between 2016 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2016; its best national rank was #13,508 in 2023.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Moa between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2025; its best national rank was #16,508 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Moa?

Moa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Moa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moa was born before 2016 — so the typical Moa is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Moa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2016 (5)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #13,508; 2023

Moa around the world

Where Moa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2008–2010
#5,864
in 2010

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Moa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,508; 2023
Peak year: 2016; 5 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,508
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #16,508; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 5 that year
First recorded: 2025
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Moa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Moad Moaz Moaad Moayed Moath Moaaz Moataz Moayad

Sibling names for Moa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Hadlee Heavenly Scarlette Ayesha Henley Annalee Raylee

For a brother

Smith Damari Kye Canaan Vladimir Cayson Hamilton Kingsley

Explore around Moa

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