Moani

#12,765 in 2025Girls' name

Fragrant breeze

Moani has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #12,765 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Moani, 2025

1 in 474,000

Moani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Moani: meaning, origin, and history

Fragrant breeze

Hawaiian

What Moani means

Moani means “fragrant breeze”, associated with moani.

Origin, language, and formation

Moani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Moani is pronounced /moˈa.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 109 girls were recorded with the name Moani between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2005; its best national rank was #10,251 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,757 in 2020 to #12,765 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 Moani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,765; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Moani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moani was born before 2017 — so the typical Moani is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 109; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Moani 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: −1,939; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,992; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 2005 (10)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,251; 2019

Spellings of Moani

Moani is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 45.2% against Moani's 0.01%.

Joan45.2%481,238
Joann14.7%156,892
Toni9.4%100,198
Mona4.3%45,787
Joni2.7%28,815
Imani2.6%27,817
Maci2.0%21,342
Alani1.8%18,799

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Moani is used

Across 1910–2025, Moani was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 92,374 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Moani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Moani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,765
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,992
Best rank ever: #10,251; 2019
Peak year: 2005; 10 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 109
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Moani

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

Haani Ivani Jlani Myani Cyani Nyani Olani Ziani Diani Jiani Iyani Azani Miani Lulani Zolani Amaani Yulani Laiani Zyani Julani Jolani Uilani Iolani Desani

Sibling names for Moani

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

Shyann Sydni Sydnie Halie Alysa Jacquelin Gabriel Shakira

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Zakary Elizabeth Garret Samual

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