Moya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Moya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Moya: Recorded since 1964, it reached #153 in 2004, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
72times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#153highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2152
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#1870
2002	#1658
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2005	#2438
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2013	#4739
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2018	#4684
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 42 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #412 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #153 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Moya appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 582 births with the name.

Moya across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Moya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#153 (2004)	#483 (2025)	42 of 62	582 (1964–2025)	34 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#2152 (1997)	#1658 (2002)	#5687 (2023)	17 of 27	91 (1997–2023)	11 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#248 (2003)	#337 (2024)	13 of 27	49 (1998–2024)	6 (2008)

Moya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Moya in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	18	5 of 10	4
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	39	6 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	219	10 of 10	22
2010s	220	10 of 10	22
2020s	68	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Moya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Moya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	17	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	23	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	30	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	30	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	30	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	34	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	24	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	29	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	19	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	19	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #153, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fearghal · #153, 47y
Conn · #150, 44y
Melina · #156, 41y
Sylwia · #150, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fearghal · #153, 47y
Idris · #153, 43y
Keiran · #153, 30y
Assumpta · #154, 22y

Moya was ranked #153 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Moya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Moya without appearing here.

Moya moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #3970.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5545 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #291 and #896.
Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #521 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #153 and #677.

Moved ahead of Moya

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #1279.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3667 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #1587.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2137.

Moved the opposite way to Moya

Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Moya went from #325 to #483 while Amy went from #262 to #138.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Moya went from #344 to #483 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Cara Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Moya went from #344 to #483 while Cara went from #344 to #52.
Jessica Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Moya went from #344 to #483 while Jessica went from #380 to #141.

Moved the same way as Moya

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Moya went from #2152 to #5687 and Abigail from #24 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Moya went from #2152 to #5687 and Aimee from #61 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Moya went from #2152 to #5687 and Aisling from #496 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Moya went from #2152 to #5687 and Alex from #179 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Moya

Moya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Moya across 3 official records

Moya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Moya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Moya moved ahead of

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Moya at a glance

Moya across 3 official records

Moya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Moya appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Moya

Moya and the names beside it

Moya moved ahead of

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