Noah

#624 for girls in 2025, 468 births · #2 for boys in 2025, 20,358 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2015 · 19,680 births
Debut · boys
103 births
In top 100 · boys
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
529,602
since 1880

Noah over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #1, 2015boys
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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#624468#220,358
2024#560542#220,409
2023#639458#219,116
2022#618480#218,758
2021#691418#218,919
2020#873308#218,464
2019#1,113219#219,178
2018#1,299175#218,441
2017#1,321176#218,507
2016#1,628134#119,188
2015#1,588137#119,680
2014#1,876107#119,344
2013#2,30580#118,291
2012#2,37378#417,385
2011#2,34679#516,883
2010#2,36080#716,481
2009#2,61470#917,262
2008#3,05456#1515,808
2007#2,16392#1416,605
2006#3,13653#1516,342
2005#2,90256#2313,905
2004#2,08787#2911,916
2003#2,52264#3111,843
2002#3,28342#3112,076
2001#3,63136#2813,494
2000#2,40364#2714,282
1999#2,52756#2414,931
1998#2,42957#2913,415
1997#2,17463#389,280
1996#2,79643#507,184
1995#4,84620#993,824
1994#5,44517#1582,081
1993#5,41917#2021,504
1992#6,31414#2171,424
1991#6,58813#2251,316
1990#8,5019#2281,310
1989#6,16013#2191,242
1988#6,27712#2301,067
1987#7,9878#236996
1986#5,75712#2271,038
1985#2171,109
1984#7,3988#1941,246
1983#4,10918#1691,542
1982#4,94514#1541,817
1981#5,25413#1801,400
1980#10,3925#240928
1979#6,18910#240913
1978#6,3859#281689
1977#7,5677#285683
1976#324543
1975#9,0675#311580
1974#324548
1973#344492
1972#384422
1971#367478
1970#6,3627#445340
1969#487248
1968#574174
1967#601154
1966#598157
1965#681119
1964#660138
1963#695124
1962#654140
1961#6,5675#682126
1960#665139
1959#623153
1958#657137
1957#622153
1956#646138
1955#645133
1954#642131
1953#557161
1952#582143
1951#546154
1950#547153
1949#547149
1948#543150
1947#539156
1946#562130
1945#518133
1944#482157
1943#497155
1942#457182
1941#466161
1940#471150
1939#514122
1938#478145
1937#472143
1936#465147
1935#417175
1934#462148
1933#411173
1932#416182
1931#3,8486#420180
1930#426191
1929#420197
1928#457174
1927#385236
1926#382235
1925#404219
1924#391239
1923#370259
1922#390236
1921#384247
1920#384242
1919#362253
1918#377247
1917#382219
1916#355229
1915#390189
1914#360171
1913#348141
1912#355116
1911#29182
1910#26187
1909#28562
1908#25568
1907#26961
1906#25660
1905#25160
1904#27746
1903#26648
1902#21569
1901#23256
1900#20492
1899#24447
1898#21168
1897#22258
1896#21669
1895#19972
1894#19874
1893#20569
1892#19579
1891#17076
1890#18074
1889#15885
1888#17783
1887#13894
1886#15590
1885#17476
1884#14694
1883#15881
1882#129108
1881#15281
1880#126103
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Noah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
135 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2015 at #1 (19,680 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 84
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.6% of all boys named Noah (183,378) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #126 (1880) → #695 (1963) → #1 (2015)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s895#126 (1880)#151
1890s686#170 (1891)#204
1900s622#204 (1900)#251
1910s1,734#261 (1910)#348
1920s2,284#370 (1923)#397
1930s1,606#411 (1933)#448
1940s1,523#457 (1942)#508
1950s1,456#546 (1951)#607
1960s1,519#487 (1969)#630
1970s5,688#240 (1979)#331
1980s12,385#154 (1982)#207
1990s56,269#24 (1999)#127
2000s143,533#9 (2009)#22
2010s183,378#1 (2015)#3
2020s116,024#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 1992

girls
#6,314
14 births · 1 in 131,709 girls
boys
#217
1,424 births · 1 in 1,403 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #6,314Noah14

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #217Noah1,424
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 131,709 of them was named Noah, which outranked 59.6% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noah
  1. #6,008Yulissa15
  2. #6,008Yvonna15
  3. #6,008Zalika15
  4. #6,314Noah14
  5. #6,314Aarti14
  6. #6,314Adella14
  7. #6,314Aireal14
  8. #6,652Aaryn13
  9. #6,652Abygail13
  10. #6,652Adenike13

Tied with 337 names at #6,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 1,403 of them was named Noah, which outranked 97.8% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noah
  1. #214Roger1,440
  2. #215Jaime1,428
  3. #216Todd1,425
  4. #217Noah1,424
  5. #218Walter1,421
  6. #219Arthur1,412
  7. #220Joe1,393
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992