Noah
#624 for girls in 2025, 468 births · #2 for boys in 2025, 20,358 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 19,680 births
- Debut · boys
- 103 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 529,602since 1880
Noah over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #624 | 468 | #2 | 20,358 |
| 2024 | #560 | 542 | #2 | 20,409 |
| 2023 | #639 | 458 | #2 | 19,116 |
| 2022 | #618 | 480 | #2 | 18,758 |
| 2021 | #691 | 418 | #2 | 18,919 |
| 2020 | #873 | 308 | #2 | 18,464 |
| 2019 | #1,113 | 219 | #2 | 19,178 |
| 2018 | #1,299 | 175 | #2 | 18,441 |
| 2017 | #1,321 | 176 | #2 | 18,507 |
| 2016 | #1,628 | 134 | #1 | 19,188 |
| 2015 | #1,588 | 137 | #1 | 19,680 |
| 2014 | #1,876 | 107 | #1 | 19,344 |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 | #1 | 18,291 |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 | #4 | 17,385 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | #5 | 16,883 |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | #7 | 16,481 |
| 2009 | #2,614 | 70 | #9 | 17,262 |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | #15 | 15,808 |
| 2007 | #2,163 | 92 | #14 | 16,605 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | #15 | 16,342 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | #23 | 13,905 |
| 2004 | #2,087 | 87 | #29 | 11,916 |
| 2003 | #2,522 | 64 | #31 | 11,843 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 | #31 | 12,076 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #28 | 13,494 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #27 | 14,282 |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | #24 | 14,931 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | #29 | 13,415 |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 | #38 | 9,280 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 | #50 | 7,184 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #99 | 3,824 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #158 | 2,081 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #202 | 1,504 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #217 | 1,424 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #225 | 1,316 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #228 | 1,310 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #219 | 1,242 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #230 | 1,067 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #236 | 996 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #227 | 1,038 |
| 1985 | — | #217 | 1,109 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #194 | 1,246 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #169 | 1,542 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #154 | 1,817 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #180 | 1,400 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #240 | 928 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #240 | 913 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #281 | 689 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #285 | 683 |
| 1976 | — | #324 | 543 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #311 | 580 |
| 1974 | — | #324 | 548 | |
| 1973 | — | #344 | 492 | |
| 1972 | — | #384 | 422 | |
| 1971 | — | #367 | 478 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #445 | 340 |
| 1969 | — | #487 | 248 | |
| 1968 | — | #574 | 174 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #598 | 157 | |
| 1965 | — | #681 | 119 | |
| 1964 | — | #660 | 138 | |
| 1963 | — | #695 | 124 | |
| 1962 | — | #654 | 140 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #682 | 126 |
| 1960 | — | #665 | 139 | |
| 1959 | — | #623 | 153 | |
| 1958 | — | #657 | 137 | |
| 1957 | — | #622 | 153 | |
| 1956 | — | #646 | 138 | |
| 1955 | — | #645 | 133 | |
| 1954 | — | #642 | 131 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #546 | 154 | |
| 1950 | — | #547 | 153 | |
| 1949 | — | #547 | 149 | |
| 1948 | — | #543 | 150 | |
| 1947 | — | #539 | 156 | |
| 1946 | — | #562 | 130 | |
| 1945 | — | #518 | 133 | |
| 1944 | — | #482 | 157 | |
| 1943 | — | #497 | 155 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | — | #466 | 161 | |
| 1940 | — | #471 | 150 | |
| 1939 | — | #514 | 122 | |
| 1938 | — | #478 | 145 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #465 | 147 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #462 | 148 | |
| 1933 | — | #411 | 173 | |
| 1932 | — | #416 | 182 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #420 | 180 |
| 1930 | — | #426 | 191 | |
| 1929 | — | #420 | 197 | |
| 1928 | — | #457 | 174 | |
| 1927 | — | #385 | 236 | |
| 1926 | — | #382 | 235 | |
| 1925 | — | #404 | 219 | |
| 1924 | — | #391 | 239 | |
| 1923 | — | #370 | 259 | |
| 1922 | — | #390 | 236 | |
| 1921 | — | #384 | 247 | |
| 1920 | — | #384 | 242 | |
| 1919 | — | #362 | 253 | |
| 1918 | — | #377 | 247 | |
| 1917 | — | #382 | 219 | |
| 1916 | — | #355 | 229 | |
| 1915 | — | #390 | 189 | |
| 1914 | — | #360 | 171 | |
| 1913 | — | #348 | 141 | |
| 1912 | — | #355 | 116 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #261 | 87 | |
| 1909 | — | #285 | 62 | |
| 1908 | — | #255 | 68 | |
| 1907 | — | #269 | 61 | |
| 1906 | — | #256 | 60 | |
| 1905 | — | #251 | 60 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #266 | 48 | |
| 1902 | — | #215 | 69 | |
| 1901 | — | #232 | 56 | |
| 1900 | — | #204 | 92 | |
| 1899 | — | #244 | 47 | |
| 1898 | — | #211 | 68 | |
| 1897 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1896 | — | #216 | 69 | |
| 1895 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1894 | — | #198 | 74 | |
| 1893 | — | #205 | 69 | |
| 1892 | — | #195 | 79 | |
| 1891 | — | #170 | 76 | |
| 1890 | — | #180 | 74 | |
| 1889 | — | #158 | 85 | |
| 1888 | — | #177 | 83 | |
| 1887 | — | #138 | 94 | |
| 1886 | — | #155 | 90 | |
| 1885 | — | #174 | 76 | |
| 1884 | — | #146 | 94 | |
| 1883 | — | #158 | 81 | |
| 1882 | — | #129 | 108 | |
| 1881 | — | #152 | 81 | |
| 1880 | — | #126 | 103 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Noah was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 103 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 70 boys a year got the name.
Where Noah is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#1 · 1 in 55
- Iowa#1 · 1 in 83
- Maine#3 · 1 in 61
- South Dakota#3 · 1 in 63
- West Virginia#3 · 1 in 70
Best ever in a state: #1 in Hawaii, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #1 | 88 | 1 in 55 |
| Iowa | #1 | 184 | 1 in 83 |
| Colorado | #3 | 284 | 1 in 97 |
| Maine | #3 | 78 | 1 in 61 |
| Michigan | #3 | 547 | 1 in 88 |
| Nebraska | #3 | 110 | 1 in 90 |
| South Dakota | #3 | 63 | 1 in 63 |
| West Virginia | #3 | 116 | 1 in 70 |
| Indiana | #4 | 417 | 1 in 87 |
| Kentucky | #4 | 296 | 1 in 76 |
| Maryland | #4 | 335 | 1 in 84 |
| North Carolina | #4 | 564 | 1 in 91 |
| North Dakota | #4 | 51 | 1 in 69 |
| Ohio | #4 | 672 | 1 in 90 |
| Oregon | #4 | 193 | 1 in 95 |
| Louisiana | #5 | 239 | 1 in 100 |
| New Mexico | #5 | 124 | 1 in 81 |
| Oklahoma | #5 | 205 | 1 in 100 |
| Tennessee | #5 | 385 | 1 in 91 |
| Wisconsin | #5 | 286 | 1 in 97 |
| Wyoming | #6 | 25 | 1 in 76 |
| Alabama | #7 | 269 | 1 in 87 |
| Missouri | #7 | 318 | 1 in 103 |
| Montana | #7 | 47 | 1 in 83 |
| Vermont | #7 | 29 | 1 in 64 |
| Virginia | #7 | 437 | 1 in 95 |
| Connecticut | #8 | 186 | 1 in 79 |
| Kansas | #8 | 157 | 1 in 104 |
| Washington | #8 | 349 | 1 in 102 |
| South Carolina | #9 | 230 | 1 in 92 |
| Arizona | #10 | 341 | 1 in 109 |
| District of Columbia | #10 | 47 | 1 in 83 |
| Idaho | #10 | 77 | 1 in 109 |
| Illinois | #10 | 609 | 1 in 115 |
| Pennsylvania | #10 | 632 | 1 in 97 |
| Georgia | #11 | 530 | 1 in 105 |
| Massachusetts | #12 | 332 | 1 in 90 |
| Minnesota | #12 | 264 | 1 in 105 |
| California | #13 | 2,126 | 1 in 110 |
| Texas | #13 | 1,466 | 1 in 122 |
| Arkansas | #14 | 135 | 1 in 107 |
| Florida | #15 | 827 | 1 in 112 |
| Delaware | #16 | 47 | 1 in 77 |
| New York | #17 | 903 | 1 in 118 |
| Rhode Island | #17 | 52 | 1 in 78 |
| New Hampshire | #18 | 59 | 1 in 85 |
| Alaska | #19 | 33 | 1 in 104 |
| Mississippi | #20 | 116 | 1 in 119 |
| Utah | #20 | 156 | 1 in 141 |
| Nevada | #22 | 110 | 1 in 124 |
| New Jersey | #25 | 335 | 1 in 128 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Noah
- Held #2 since 2020
- 1 spot since 2015 (#1 → #2)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1969 (#574 → #487)
- Biggest drop: 85 spots in 1954 (#557 → #642)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #1 (19,680 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 84 boys born in 2025 were named Noah (1.2%)
- Its best rank, #1 in 2015, was only 1 in 97 (1.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.6% of all boys named Noah (183,378) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #126 (1880) → #695 (1963) → #1 (2015)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #126 (1880) | #151 |
| 1890s | 686 | #170 (1891) | #204 |
| 1900s | 622 | #204 (1900) | #251 |
| 1910s | 1,734 | #261 (1910) | #348 |
| 1920s | 2,284 | #370 (1923) | #397 |
| 1930s | 1,606 | #411 (1933) | #448 |
| 1940s | 1,523 | #457 (1942) | #508 |
| 1950s | 1,456 | #546 (1951) | #607 |
| 1960s | 1,519 | #487 (1969) | #630 |
| 1970s | 5,688 | #240 (1979) | #331 |
| 1980s | 12,385 | #154 (1982) | #207 |
| 1990s | 56,269 | #24 (1999) | #127 |
| 2000s | 143,533 | #9 (2009) | #22 |
| 2010s | 183,378 | #1 (2015) | #3 |
| 2020s | 116,024 | #2 (2024) | #2 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Noah in 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 22,220 of them was named Noah, which outranked 88.1% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,341Reign81
- #2,341Shaniah81
- #2,341Vianna81
- #2,360Noah80
- #2,360Aaniyah80
- #2,360Adria80
- #2,360Amaia80
- #2,386Adley79
- #2,386Ani79
- #2,386Bernadette79
Tied with 25 names at #2,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 116 of them was named Noah, which outranked 100.0% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.