Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Moira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Moira” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Moira” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Moira” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Moira” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Moira” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Moira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Moira” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 100%
1947 32 0.000008883 32 100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 100%
1949 44 0.000012626 44 100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 100%
1951 66 0.000017917 66 100%
1952 73 0.000019221 73 100%
1953 80 0.00002076 80 100%
1954 91 0.00002286 91 100%
1955 102 0.000025404 102 100%
1956 92 0.000022314 92 100%
1957 108 0.000025701 108 100%
1958 126 0.00003048 126 100%
1959 105 0.000025253 105 100%
1960 124 0.000029852 124 100%
1961 113 0.00002728 113 100%
1962 120 0.000029737 120 100%
1963 144 0.00003638 144 100%
1964 143 0.000036784 143 100%
1965 143 0.000039443 143 100%
1966 110 0.000031649 110 100%
1967 97 0.000028572 97 100%
1968 111 0.000032856 111 100%
1969 94 0.000027048 94 100%
1970 74 0.000020518 74 100%
1971 86 0.000025056 86 100%
1972 74 0.000023544 74 100%
1973 67 0.000022208 67 100%
1974 59 0.000019408 59 100%
1975 54 0.000017884 54 100%
1976 65 0.000021422 65 100%
1977 70 0.000022037 70 100%
1978 61 0.000019219 61 100%
1979 69 0.000020739 69 100%
1980 70 0.000020322 70 100%
1981 73 0.000021102 73 100%
1982 80 0.000022805 80 100%
1983 71 0.0000205 71 100%
1984 59 0.000016911 59 100%
1985 58 0.000016251 58 100%
1986 59 0.000016587 59 100%
1987 60 0.000016641 60 100%
1988 73 0.000019756 73 100%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 100%
1990 62 0.000015686 62 100%
1991 79 0.000020281 79 100%
1992 75 0.000019525 75 100%
1993 82 0.000021749 82 100%
1994 91 0.000024478 91 100%
1995 124 0.00003386 124 100%
1996 110 0.00003016 110 100%
1997 133 0.000036682 133 100%
1998 123 0.00003344 123 100%
1999 131 0.000035464 131 100%
2000 128 0.000033863 128 100%
2001 111 0.000029652 111 100%
2002 116 0.00003103 116 100%
2003 132 0.000034716 132 100%
2004 124 0.000032453 124 100%
2005 128 0.000033291 128 100%
2006 133 0.000033618 133 100%
2007 112 0.000028016 112 100%
2008 122 0.000031038 122 100%
2009 109 0.000028533 109 100%
2010 97 0.000026246 97 100%
2011 105 0.000028706 105 100%
2012 115 0.000031443 115 100%
2013 103 0.000028253 103 100%
2014 126 0.000033995 126 100%
2015 131 0.000035397 131 100%
2016 118 0.000032164 118 100%
2017 132 0.000036911 132 100%
2018 133 0.000037828 133 100%
2019 115 0.000033132 115 100%
2020 110 0.000032928 110 100%
2021 125 0.000036895 125 100%
2022 94 0.000027785 94 100%
2023 113 0.000034127 113 100%
2024 105 0.000031546 105 100%

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