Moon Boy & girl
How popular is Moon?
#3,100 girl name in 2025
52 baby girls were named Moon in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
Moon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,100 for girls (▲ 235 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 girls, 13 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+550% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #11,830 in 2015, #4,646 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (73 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,463 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 25% boys, 75% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Moon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Moon family of names ranked #2,207 for girls in 2025 (#2,450 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 52 | 91% |
| Moone | 5 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Moon is most popular
Babies named Moon per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Moon by decade
Girl names about as popular as Moon
Questions
- Is Moon a boy or girl name?
- Moon is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 25% of babies named Moon were boys and 75% were girls.
- How popular is the name Moon?
- 52 baby girls were named Moon in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
- When was Moon most popular?
- Moon peaked in 2022, when 73 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,463 in 2022.
- How many people are named Moon?
- 627 babies have been named Moon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 623 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Moon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Moon was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.