Moana
A girls’ name of Polynesian origin, meaning ocean or sea.
Moana by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Moana. In the US, 141 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Moana
Names that are said the same way as Moana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Monae13 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Moana, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Moana
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