# Moana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “sea”, “ocean” |
| Pronunciation | /məʊˈɑːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,146 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 74, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hawaiian Moana (“sea, ocean”), Māori moana, and other Polynesian languages.

## What it means

Moana is grouped under sea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 9,550 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,003 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,644 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,544 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,904 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,956 |
| 2017 | 141 | 1,559 |
| 2018 | 82 | 2,252 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,153 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,265 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,027 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,516 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,893 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,209 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,141 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Moana

- Moana Moo-Caille, French racing cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.