Moona

#16,516 in 2025Girls' name

From Swedish Mona; literal meaning unconfirmed

Moona has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #16,516 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Moona, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Moona: meaning, origin, and history

From Swedish Mona; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Moona means

Moona is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Moona is used in Finnish.

Moona comes through Swedish Mona.

Moona is a modern formation.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Moona is pronounced /ˈmoːnɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 girls were recorded with the name Moona between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1994; its best national rank was #11,356 in 1994.

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.

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How common is Moona?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,516; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Moona 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moonas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moona was born before 2022 — so the typical Moona is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 56.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 30; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 56.7% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Moona 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: −1,800; Places dropped
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: 71.4%; Peak was 1994 (7)
Years since peak: 31; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,356; 1994

Spellings of Moona

Moona is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 64.5% against Moona's <0.01%.

Donna64.5%831,641
Leona8.8%113,330
Mona3.6%45,787
Fiona2.6%33,959
Myrna2.5%31,700
Lorna2.2%28,535
Mina1.5%19,267
Dona1.5%18,857

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.

Moona by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,516
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #11,356; 1994
Peak year: 1994; 7 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Moona

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

Moonie Moone Syona Seona Iwona Llona Ciona Zyona Chona Brona Feona Ceona Yoona Irona Rayyona Myona Aliona Ivyona Layona Imona Avona Trona Viyona Ivona

Sibling names for Moona

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

Danyelle Breonna Allyssa Salena Shanice Breann Jessika Ciera

For a brother

Elizabeth Coty Brandan Trever Jarod Samual Bradly Derrell

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