Noa
#226 for girls in 2025, 1,348 births · #1,005 for boys in 2025, 225 births
Given to girls 82.9% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,348 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,815since 1970
Noa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #226 | 1,348 | #1,005 | 225 |
| 2024 | #253 | 1,266 | #980 | 230 |
| 2023 | #298 | 1,046 | #1,271 | 151 |
| 2022 | #298 | 1,071 | #1,330 | 141 |
| 2021 | #328 | 1,001 | #1,678 | 98 |
| 2020 | #465 | 664 | #2,235 | 61 |
| 2019 | #566 | 539 | #1,868 | 80 |
| 2018 | #655 | 450 | #2,147 | 65 |
| 2017 | #727 | 392 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #724 | 392 | #2,047 | 69 |
| 2015 | #763 | 370 | #2,169 | 63 |
| 2014 | #933 | 289 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #1,005 | 248 | #1,964 | 70 |
| 2012 | #1,044 | 241 | #2,036 | 68 |
| 2011 | #1,050 | 235 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 2010 | #1,110 | 222 | #2,187 | 60 |
| 2009 | #1,132 | 223 | #1,910 | 75 |
| 2008 | #1,259 | 199 | #1,679 | 91 |
| 2007 | #1,257 | 196 | #1,861 | 77 |
| 2006 | #1,260 | 190 | #1,669 | 85 |
| 2005 | #1,479 | 142 | #2,061 | 60 |
| 2004 | #1,667 | 116 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #1,386 | 144 | #2,312 | 46 |
| 2002 | #1,573 | 118 | #2,019 | 54 |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | #1,558 | 114 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #1,977 | 76 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #1,792 | 82 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Noa! It came in at #6,362, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 27 spots since 2024 (#253 → #226)
- 239 spots since 2020 (#465 → #226)
- 537 spots since 2015 (#763 → #226)
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 2015 (#933 → #763)
- Biggest drop: 3 spots in 2017 (#724 → #727)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #226 (1,348 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,192
- Highest: 1 in 1,192 girls born in 2025 were named Noa (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 54.1% of all girls named Noa (6,396) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #6,362 (1970) | #8,588 |
| 1980s | 70 | #5,923 (1987) | #8,203 |
| 1990s | 411 | #1,770 (1999) | #4,633 |
| 2000s | 1,543 | #1,132 (2009) | #1,434 |
| 2010s | 3,378 | #566 (2019) | #858 |
| 2020s | 6,396 | #226 (2025) | #311 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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