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Baby name
Moira
Girl
Origin of the name
Moira comes from the ancient Greek moira, “fate.” It is also an English form of the Irish Máire, that is, Mary.
Classic name
7,941births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 874rank at its peak, in 1963
Where babies named Moira are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Moira is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Moira is most common in Massachusetts (3.8 times), New York (2.7) and Illinois (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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