Moon

Meaning: The moon; Earth's natural satellite
Origin: English — Nature name

Girl's name · #3123 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Moon is climbing: on the charts since 1972, it is ranked #3123 in 2025, with about 50 girls given the name last year. Roughly 470 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#841 in Belgium (2025) · #988 in Netherlands (2025) · #3,311 in Canada (2024).

Famous Moons

Moon Bloodgood — American actress
Moon Moon Sen — Indian film actress
Moon Zappa — American singer, and actress
Moon Lee — Hong Kong actor and dancer
Moon Ribas — Spanish choreographer (born 1985)

In stories & tradition

Moon rabbit — Chu Ci (book)
Moon Girl — Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (comics)

What Moons become

Among 121 notable people named Moon:

Entertainers appear 2.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Moon Bloodgood, American actress.

Similar names: Calani · Mona · Emelina · Ren · Halston · Wynn

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