The first name Moira

In 2025, 10 girls were named Moira, making it the 2,605th most popular girls’ name.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Moira with other names.

In 2025, 93 girls born in the United States were named Moira, the 2,047th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1963, when 144 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Moira Kelly
  American actress (b. 1968)
• Moira Lister
  Actress (1923-2007)
• Moira Shearer
  British ballerina and actress (1926–2006)
• Moira Walley-Beckett
  Canadian-American television actress, producer and writer, born 2000
• Moira Harris
  American actress, born 1954
• Moira Dela Torre
  Filipina singer-songwriter (born 1993)
• Kate Beaton
  Canadian comics artist, born 1983
• Betty Boo
  English singer, songwriter and pop rap artist (born 1970)

• Orla
• Maeve
• Kennedy
• Keira
• Caitlin
• Kiara
• Kathleen
• Kaitlyn
• Aoife
• Katelyn
• Tara
• Nola
• Caitlyn
• Eileen
• Ciara
• Bridget

All 142 names of Irish origin

What does the name Moira mean?

Anglicized from Irish Máire, a cognate of Mary. Doublet of Maura.

What is the origin of the name Moira?

Anglicized from Irish Máire, a cognate of Mary. Doublet of Maura.

How popular is the name Moira?

In 2025, 10 girls born in England and Wales were named Moira, ranking 2,605th.

Is Moira a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 7,941 US babies named Moira since 1880 were girls.

When was Moira most popular?

1963 in the United States, when 144 babies were named Moira, its highest rank at 877th.

How do you pronounce Moira?

Moira is /ˈmɔɪɹə/, 2 syllables.