English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedOriginally a pet name from the word mor (“mother”).
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- Wiktionary: MoaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Moa is a feminine given name documented in Swedish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Separate records with matching spellings: Moa (Swedish)
Originally a pet name from the word mor (“mother”).
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United States, 2025: 5 girls (rank 14942).
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03 / By the numbers
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1998–2022 Spelling: Moa
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Sweden · Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 780 | 9 | grouped |
| 1999 | 805 | 9 | grouped |
| 2000 | 743 | 10 | grouped |
| 2001 | 689 | 12 | grouped |
| 2002 | 799 | 9 | grouped |
| 2003 | 817 | 10 | grouped |
| 2004 | 711 | 15 | grouped |
| 2005 | 695 | 14 | grouped |
| 2006 | 622 | 17 | grouped |
| 2007 | 569 | 19 | grouped |
| 2008 | 515 | 21 | grouped |
| 2009 | 509 | 22 | grouped |
| 2010 | 542 | 20 | grouped |
| 2011 | 462 | 23 | grouped |
| 2012 | 427 | 27 | grouped |
| 2013 | 382 | 31 | grouped |
| 2014 | 320 | 43 | grouped |
| 2015 | 263 | 52 | grouped |
| 2016 | 254 | 50 | grouped |
| 2017 | 198 | 64 | grouped |
| 2018 | 187 | 72 | grouped |
| 2019 | 139 | 89 | grouped |
| 2020 | 127 | 98 | grouped |
| 2021 | 130 | 96 | grouped |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Moa” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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