Meaning and history
Anglicized form of Máire. It also coincides with Greek Μοῖρα (Moira), meaning “fate” or “destiny,” the singular of Μοῖραι, the Greek name for the Fates, who were the three female personifications of destiny in Greek mythology.
20062006: 133 births, rank #1,608
2007: 112 births, rank #1,868
2008: 122 births, rank #1,789
2009: 109 births, rank #1,914
2010: 97 births, rank #2,043
20112011: 105 births, rank #1,898
2012: 115 births, rank #1,782
2013: 103 births, rank #1,929
2014: 126 births, rank #1,674
2015: 131 births, rank #1,636
20162016: 118 births, rank #1,757
2017: 132 births, rank #1,636
2018: 133 births, rank #1,609
2019: 115 births, rank #1,773
2020: 110 births, rank #1,792
20212021: 125 births, rank #1,667
2022: 94 births, rank #2,048
2023: 114 births, rank #1,780
2024: 105 births, rank #1,895
20252025: 93 births, rank #2,036
Moira moved from #981 to #997 for girls between 1966 and 1968. Its highest annual birth count came in 1963, with 144 births.