Naomi

#47 for girls in 2025, 4,644 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 4,621 births
Debut · girls
32 births
In top 100 · girls
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
191,547
since 1880

Naomi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201937girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#474,644#12,0085
2024#444,621
2023#444,502#10,8216
2022#464,503
2021#544,275
2020#524,120
2019#593,956
2018#643,855
2017#693,866#10,7756
2016#753,808#10,7446
2015#753,775#12,0865
2014#803,716
2013#863,455
2012#793,432#12,2745
2011#933,195
2010#953,136
2009#1073,040
2008#1192,917
2007#1212,789#12,3675
2006#1292,713
2005#1382,426
2004#1432,277#8,1438
2003#1632,052
2002#1651,967
2001#1791,826#10,5565
2000#1831,756
1999#1891,649
1998#1901,630
1997#1961,526
1996#2101,390
1995#2131,316
1994#2351,202
1993#2431,145
1992#2491,117
1991#2741,011#7,2716
1990#299924#7,1786
1989#271991
1988#2541,003
1987#255998#6,9515
1986#268945#4,8538
1985#2401,079
1984#2401,048#4,9737
1983#2261,103#5,4846
1982#2151,223#4,2349
1981#2141,224#4,9617
1980#2101,250#5,5256
1979#2211,175#6,0565
1978#2311,071#4,1578
1977#2471,002
1976#259923#5,5875
1975#267898#5,4645
1974#299799
1973#308757#4,5056
1972#346639
1971#378608
1970#411554
1969#419527#4,4045
1968#401538
1967#407512
1966#374593
1965#379579
1964#387618
1963#361690
1962#367656
1961#370674
1960#340774
1959#362682
1958#341763
1957#341699
1956#319756
1955#326695
1954#296817
1953#296758
1952#292769
1951#283763
1950#271793
1949#262850
1948#271821
1947#263840
1946#244838
1945#235797
1944#223875
1943#219904
1942#208986
1941#192987#3,5055
1940#1791,053
1939#1741,086#2,6098
1938#1661,239#2,32610
1937#1681,202#2,9057
1936#1591,281
1935#1441,435#3,6455
1934#1491,360#2,5639
1933#1401,431#3,2686
1932#1481,355#2,6389
1931#1401,517#2,47110
1930#1391,594
1929#1391,600#2,9808
1928#1411,652
1927#1371,825#3,1518
1926#1411,757#4,2015
1925#1441,768#2,58811
1924#1401,981#2,22914
1923#1371,902#4,2395
1922#1341,869#3,5327
1921#1321,976
1920#1341,854
1919#1401,632#4,1685
1918#1401,692#3,7286
1917#1331,619
1916#1301,649
1915#1281,548#3,0827
1914#1341,129
1913#142840
1912#132835
1911#141585
1910#156502
1909#140504
1908#146458
1907#155410
1906#157372
1905#156361
1904#155350
1903#147355
1902#158327
1901#172256
1900#176307
1899#166272
1898#176264
1897#176241
1896#163269
1895#168249
1894#189196
1893#189186
1892#214143
1891#202132
1890#219122
1889#26679
1888#24093
1887#24276
1886#28055
1885#24268
1884#24761
1883#23856
1882#23554
1881#20155
1880#27532
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Naomi was already there! It came in at #275, and was given to 32 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.

See more about Naomi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#44#47)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#52#47)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#75#47)
  • Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1881 (#275#201)
  • Biggest drop: 38 spots in 1886 (#242#280)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #44 (4,621 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 346
  • Highest: 1 in 346 girls born in 2025 were named Naomi (0.29%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 2024, was only 1 in 351 (0.29%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 18.9% of all girls named Naomi (36,194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s629#201 (1881)#247
1890s2,074#163 (1896)#186
1900s3,700#140 (1909)#156
1910s12,031#128 (1915)#138
1920s18,184#132 (1921)#138
1930s13,500#139 (1930)#153
1940s8,951#179 (1940)#230
1950s7,495#271 (1950)#313
1960s6,161#340 (1960)#381
1970s8,426#221 (1979)#297
1980s10,864#210 (1980)#239
1990s12,910#189 (1999)#230
2000s23,763#107 (2009)#145
2010s36,194#59 (2019)#78
2020s26,665#44 (2024)#48

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.

Naomi in 1937

girls
#168
1,202 births · 1 in 885 girls
boys
#2,905
7 births · 1 in 152,380 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #168Naomi1,202

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #2,905Naomi7
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 885 of them was named Naomi, which outranked 96.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Naomi
  1. #165Paula1,212
  2. #166Rebecca1,210
  3. #167Maryann1,206
  4. #168Naomi1,202
  5. #169Myrtle1,194
  6. #170Cynthia1,181
  7. #171Rosemarie1,180
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 152,380 of them was named Naomi, which outranked 27.7% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Naomi
  1. #2,680York8
  2. #2,680Young8
  3. #2,680Zollie8
  4. #2,905Naomi7
  5. #2,905Adair7
  6. #2,905Adelaido7
  7. #2,905Albertus7
  8. #3,175Adams6
  9. #3,175Aden6
  10. #3,175Adolpho6

Tied with 269 names at #2,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937